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It’s 6am in Quito, Ecuador, and the city is already awake. The dawn turns from lavender to grapefruit pink as I make my way down to the Mercado Central in time to grab something to eat before my morning classes. I was just at the beginning of my year in Ecuador, teaching English, and I was already marveling at the food, flavours and ingredients available here. For a relatively small country, Ecuador has a vast array of climate zones; from the beach, to the jungle to the high

Many people experiencing depression have heard some version of “try to stay positive” when they finally open up about how they’ve been feeling. While it’s usually said by those who care — and often with the best of intentions — it can feel isolating or dismissive. It might add a layer of guilt to an already overwhelming situation: If I could just think positively, wouldn’t I feel better? Why can’t I think my way out of this?   If it were possible to just think  ourselves out

Everyone that keeps a vegetable garden knows how deeply rewarding it is - yet it’s often very hard and sweaty work. Most of us have to juggle it alongside busy lives, taking the time to weed, dig and tend to our crops in between many other daily tasks. Below, I share some of the simple tricks I’ve learned as a vegetable gardener that have helped me work smarter, not harder on my homestead. Chop and drop for abundant crops Whether or not you decide to keep a compost pile as we

Here, in its original format, is an article I was commissioned to do for astro-bubble. On the site it appears in a different edited...

One Woman and Her Bike - In the Lost & Found issue, page 118 As I heard my friend’s van drive away, my heart sank. I was totally...

I gazed out of the bus window at the soft rolling hills and jagged mountain peaks. Just an hour from Quito and I was already leaving the...

I'd like to share one of my list-format articles that were published on Listverse. The article can be read online here at their site,...