Just a quick note to let you know that we have been selected to be on the “Top Travel Photography Blog” list for 2025.
FREE eBook (Spanish version)
A couple of weeks ago, I shared that the audio version of my first business book was available for free (you can find that post here). I still have some tokens left for the free audiobook, so if you’re interested, just let me know — it’s in English. Now, I’m excited to announce that the same […]
Dinosaurs!
Dear Friends Wishing everyone Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year. We’re back in Cuenca, Ecuador for the holidays and working on a new project during our retirement years. This post is a bit different from our normal blog posts, since it does not involve travel. Instead, this announces our new business venture — publishing […]
50th Anniversary in Lima!
We reached our golden 50th wedding anniversary–a milestone we never thought we would achieve! Rather than celebrate it with friends in a local restaurant, we decided that this landmark deserved something a bit bigger. We decided to celebrate in Lima, Peru — a city known as the Culinary Capital of South America and one of […]
A Milestone: Burt Turns 70
70?? Really?? How did that happen?? I am now well inside the age called “Tercera Edad” or the “Third Phase” in Spanish. When we hit 65, we started to receive the benefits of being older in Ecuador, such as paying half price for transportation, special short lines at the bank, people on the bus offering […]
Photographer Of The Year 2019
Last month, I was surprised when people started sending me congratulatory email and Face Book messages, as well as congratulating me on the street. Maybe they were commenting on the photo show Evelyn and I had completed the prior month… but then why the month delay? To my surprise, I discovered that I had just […]
Evelyn Wins First Place – Christmas Photo Contest
Christmas in Cuenca culminated with Evelyn being selected as the winner of the Cuenca Dispatch and CuencaHighLife Christmas photo contest. The winning photo shows a girl holding a candle at the annual International Chorale Christmas concert, seen above. December is always a busy month for us in Cuenca. There are always so many choices that all […]
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Art Exhibition – Visions Beyond Frontiers
It seems that every time Evelyn has an art reception, it’s pouring rain. Some of the guests came in soaked, and we heard many others could not find taxis. Even with the inclement weather, more than a hundred braved the storm to attend the opening night, which was located at the Miguel C. lllescas Art […]
Women in Art 2017
More than 400 guests attended opening night for Mujeres en el Arte (Women in the Arts), a collective art exhibition sponsored by the Mayor of Cuenca and the Ministry of Culture, Education and Sports. 65 women artists with 77 sculptures and paintings were presented in this month-long exhibit. The quality of the art, the variety […]
