YAY FOR YOU!!!! I'm so excited for your flight into the atmosphere!!!!! how amazing for you!!!! And your bday celebrations sounded delish too! The gate and the tie poofs are beautiful! Your place is the total amalgamation of all of your adventures, memories and creativity! Ya know I love that hand bridge and I've seen the asian version. I've had both doses of Pfizer as of Thursday and the 1st 24 hours were horrible, but i'm better now. Love you!!!!!
birthday adventures Happy belated birthday Jill. Your flying adventure sounds like so much fun, so glad you got to do it. I am always so happy to read your blog & see what new & exciting things you are doing. Take care & be safe.
Whew!! Exhausted Just Reading Your Blog You certainly know how to pack things into a single year. Glad you are home safe and sound. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year - OMG 2021 has to better than 2020. I already got the two Christmas presents I wanted: a new president and a vaccine, albeit not in my arm yet. Love, Kathy & Bernie
Happy to host you any time! It's always fun to get a mention in your blog! You are welcome at our home anytime and we hope to see you again before another two years pass. Love you!
Blog Jill, so glad you have been able to stay productively entertained! Thank you for sharing your wonderful adventures. Your mosaic is gorgeous—- ready to come to Myrtle Beach to make one for me?
the pic of Shana in the sun is beautiful!!! Your home is so wonderful! It is truly the culmination of all of your travels and experiences and adventures on display! I love it for you!!!!!
No Photos! Try as I might over the week I've not been able to pull up any photos on your blog entry. I even sign in on my site and then go to yours, but still nothing. I've done this at least 3 times. Kathy
Good You are Well Super blog, as always. Particularly liked hearing about the quarantine measures Ecuador is taking. They sound severe, but I know much of Latin America has health system issues and they wisely don't want to be over-fun. AZ has a fairly low rate of infection; hope it stays that way. Continue to stay safe and healthy. Love, Kathy & Bernardo
To your health! Glad to hear you and Cici are well, regardless of swallowed metal objects. You certainly do have your share of adventures, Jill. And no, I do not believe that you are already 60! How can this be?! That means I'm not far behind.... Thats for sharing the description of the coronavirus policies. They are so much more restrictive than the ones here in Georgia, but probably smarter. The US is quickly becoming the poster child for how not to do it. Cadet Bone Spurs (as Maureen Dowd calls him) doesn't want to appear wimpy or scared. Also he prefers to have the governors take the inevitable fall. Be well, my dear friend, and keep your spirits up. --Julia
A rollercoaster, indeed! Thanks for sharing, Jill. I'm always amazed at how much you do, and how many people you keep track of! I sure hope I'm just as vibrant at 60.
I'm also embracing the covid kitchen - trying out all kinds of recipes, new and old, and pulling items from the depths of my pantry to the play with. Amazingly, I'm finding plantains at a number of grocers, here in Vancouver. So, of course, there have been some patacones pintones, y bolones con queso. I sure miss the fritada and the encocado though - never quite the same when I've tried to make them. Anyway.. Thanks for sharing your adventures, and Big big love to you.
good information Jill, I have been reading your blogs for at least 10 years. We have never met. We have a mutual friend, Barbara Hightower. I wrote to you maybe 10 years ago after I visited Ecuador for the first time. I truly enjoy hearing about a place I really love. The info about the Virus was so enlightening. They are on top of it the situation over there. We are slow to the process but quarantined at home in Atlanta Georgia now. Stay safe. Thanks for the Blog. Karen Hinton
Impressive! We just had the Saltillo tiles taken out of the kitchen, B's office and the entryway and I thought that was disruptive - you were indeed living in a construction zone. Hope you wore you hard-hat. :) The end results are just amazing - really, really artistic and beautiful.
UGH!!!! I'm so sorry the birth of your new space was so traumatic and filled with evil complications!!!! I am so proud of you for getting your needs met!!! The results are so YOU and beautiful, especially your personal psychobauble touches!! Likely, because you had a lot of extra psycho to relieve!!! Love you!!! Give CiCi a smooch from me!!!
. You have my sympathies. Having undergone a year and a half remodel of this 14 story building, I know the emotional ad physical discomfort. The work here was done cheaply, so the consequences are still playing out --- rusting dividers on the balcony, elevators that keep breaking down, bad paint job in the bathroom --- it goes on and on. Hard to find workers who take pride in their work. The pictures of the finished areas of your place look great! Enjoy your life there.
Love, Joan
a series of anecdotes Dear Jill, you never cease to amaze me! I never knew about the singing talent, but I'm sure that you will get your wish to perform. I love seeing all your art work and hear of all your other adventures & activities. Hopefully your health problems will stay under control with the yoga and the hot baths. With my very best wishes for the holidays, y un abrazo fuerte, Bonnie
Loved this blog entry You are so creative and such a caring person! This was a really heartwarming blog to read. I'm very sorry to read that you had been in so much pain and hope that it is no longer bothering you.
the Wonders of your World Dear Jill and jill's friends. It is so very good to hear of all your news. I think it's wonderful that the BIB will continue-- just "down the road" 30 miles. Scarlett in her blue jeans is so stylin. Your life there is such a blessing to imagine. Your dear friends and service work that is so entwined with your life. I'm in SF, CA as always. Launched my acupuncture/Tradc chinese medicine clinic 9 months ago.. like a baby! gestation has been really rewarding. Someday this next year i may very well come down to visit you. Is late winter good? love, amy
I first came to Ecuador in the late 1980's to teach English in Quito. I fell in love with this country, the natural beauty, the warmth and generosity of the people. I went on to work in international education on nearly every continent, but Ecuador kept calling me back. This Chicago girl has a "latina soul"! I've now been back in Ecuador, living here as a permanent resident since 2006. I have done all different kinds of work, from private teaching to teacher training to working with American volunteers as a driver/interpreter to filling in as a substitute hotel manager. I like to keep my sched... full info
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YAY FOR YOU!!!!
I'm so excited for your flight into the atmosphere!!!!! how amazing for you!!!! And your bday celebrations sounded delish too! The gate and the tie poofs are beautiful! Your place is the total amalgamation of all of your adventures, memories and creativity! Ya know I love that hand bridge and I've seen the asian version. I've had both doses of Pfizer as of Thursday and the 1st 24 hours were horrible, but i'm better now. Love you!!!!!