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Visiting Vilcabamba

Visiting Vilcabamba

I have been enchanted with Cuenca since the day I arrived. I’ve also been writing about Cuenca since my earliest days. These articles, originally printed in CuencaHighLife, are the story of my first year. It is early morning in Vilcabamba. Roosters are crowing, and...
Eggs: Unscrambling the  nutrition confusion

Eggs: Unscrambling the nutrition confusion

Recently, a reader asked me to peel back the latest nutrition advice on eggs.  In particular, he requested some clarity on conflicting advice for people with diabetes. Let’s get crackin’! Dietary Cholesterol vs. Blood Cholesterol Following years of research and input...
Pizza and Free Speech Go Perfect Together

Pizza and Free Speech Go Perfect Together

Friends or ours, Dan and Narcy Jaramillo had to recently shut down their restaurant, Tutto Matto Pizza, due to a health emergency. It was sudden; in fact Codie and I went to eat at their place the evening it began and were shocked to see them closed. We talked to...
Tarqui refuge puts birds of prey back in the air

Tarqui refuge puts birds of prey back in the air

From his book Walking, the reclusive naturalist Henry David Thoreau said it best in 1851: that in nature, “All good things are wild and free.” Perhaps he had in mind the beauty and majesty of eagles, hawks and falcons, freely soaring with their wings outstretched,...