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Quito and the Galápagos: A Bucket List Adventure

Quito and the Galápagos: A Bucket List Adventure

Packed with photos, wit, and wonder, Quito and the Galápagos Islands is part field guide, part personal diary, and all heart.

2025

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Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands, Part One

A bucket list experience

Jun 8, 2024

Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands, Part One

Jun 8, 2024

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Trigger Words: Who’s Got the Gun?

Are we writers shooting ourselves in the foot?

Jun 2, 2024

Trigger Words: Who’s Got the Gun?

Jun 2, 2024

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The Accidental Expat

A Writer’s Lament

Mar 10, 2024

Cover art for the book “The Accidental Expat: A Costa Rican Adventure”

Mar 10, 2024

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It’s Not Writer’s Block

It’s time to soak, to float, to be carried

Dec 7, 2023

It’s Not Writer’s Block

Dec 7, 2023

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The Day the Moon Wobbled Over Planet Earth

It was not a pretty sight.

Jan 13, 2024

The Day the Moon Wobbled Over Planet Earth

Jan 13, 2024

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How Intuitive Painting Boosted My Creativity and Changed My Life

And it’s a lot simpler than it looks!

Oct 29

Mixed media painting using neurographic art and zentangles. Many off-beat designs — floral, feathers, spirals and checks, bright colors

Oct 29

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The Evolution of “Woke”

Both grammatically and politically incorrect?

Oct 13

Image of the word WOKE on orange background, with stylistic eye superimposed.

Oct 13

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Democratic vs. Autocratic Leaders: Same Tools, Different Goals?

Is it mind control, or are many of us simply stupid?

May 17

Democratic vs. Autocratic Leaders: Same Tools, Different Goals?

May 17

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Remembering Bali

Water, Rice, and Song

Apr 30

Remembering Bali

Apr 30

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Pamelita’s Pareu

Remembering Nosara Beach, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Apr 28

Pamelita’s Pareu

Apr 28

Adelia Ritchie, PhD

Adelia Ritchie, PhD

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Author of "The Accidental Expat: A Costa Rican Adventure” and “Quito & the Galápagos: A Bucket List Adventure, ever seeking the interesting and unusual.

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