The fruit is our bounty — I have been teaching myself how to garden. Luckily the weather here is on my side. I am so inspired by pockett dessert and her beautiful piece. I wanted to create a photo post today. Love Maple Blossoms, A Spring Floral Frenzy of Carpets And Showers Tell A Story Without Words | Snapshots | Writers Challengemedium.com My Story.

Or did growing up in a holler prepare me for colombia?? — When I was a little kid, we used to get our water from an old-fashioned pump. The pump was not on our land, so we had to fill up the jugs once weekly, old bleach containers. My mother would boil and wash them, so the water was safe to drink…

A question. — I have recently re-joined Instagram. I have noticed that it is a filter’s paradise, worse than before. I remember before there were a few, but now, damn. It’s on overdrive, and I hate it. It makes me think that we are afraid to look how we look. I rarely post…

Experimenting with local recipes — Since I moved to the mountains, the ants and I have been at war. They are winning. My garden has a few things doing well, and then the rest get devoured by ants. If it’s not the ants, it is the aphids. I am close to resorting to poison, a…

A simple life — Sometimes we go out on Fridays. If it is raining we stay home. The town starts to come alive on Friday nights. The food vendors come out; the trampoline is put up in the square for the kids.

And taking responsibility for my life. — A friend asked me the other day why I decided to get sober. I have recently had many friends, acquaintances, and random people ask me similar questions. Mostly about my life choices, I am always open to questions as I do not live the most conventional life. Each question can…

Look around, what do you see? — Yesterday I noticed that my grass needed to be cut; it was getting pretty tall, and the only thing I worried about was snakes. There is a snake here named the Equis; it has white marks shaped like an X. In Spanish, the X is pronounced “equis.” So I have…

Have you been? — I spent all of the lockdown in Argentina. I went to Argentina feeling that a lockdown was unavoidable. I knew that I loved the country, and I knew Buenos Aires, as I spent four months the prior year in Argentina. Lockdown was not as crazy as in most other countries…

Yea, me too. — Specifically, my computer and I have always had phone issues. The six on my keyboard stopped working about two months ago, and the backspace and letter R yesterday. A few weeks ago, my touchpad part, I have been working around these issues; I have an external mouse and an on-screen…