Odds

Hmmm, what's been interesting lately...

I've picked up work for the English-language paper published monthly in Quito, for the princely sum of a $50 restaurant tab per month -- not bad when rent is $40 per month. First paid writing gig!

The Bestia has not broken down recently. We're being careful with the brakes, to the point that Andrea cried out critically when I stopped really sharply recently -- until she saw that if I'd been easy on the brakes I would've rolled right over a meter-long snake. I grabbed a stick to help it cross the road, as she said it was a boa, and as I had it lifted up she says, "But maybe it's an Equis?" Equis happen to be on the top 10 list of poisonous snake (so I was told by someone sometime), so that was quite a different situation. Neverthe less, I (more carefully) carried the snake across the road.

Have I mentioned that I'm now the village barber, especially for children? The beard trimmer is really coming in handy...

More to come, always more to come.