the placenta has arrived

Arriving of the Toros

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May 18th 2011
Time is moving forward, albeit slowly. Life has slowed down. My days have taken on an incredible simplicity that I find surprisingly easy to adapt to. I have more time alone inside my head than I have had in a while, maybe the most I have had in my life. Many things factor into this, the largest probably being the language barrier. I think I am probably improving, but it is slow-going and hard to ... read more

South America » Ecuador

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more