Report from Quito

U.S. emigres figuring it out

  • Bill speaks

    Lisa asked me to write about my impressions of Ecuador as we mark our one year anniversary living abroad. A day doesn’t pass without me reflecting on the fact that…

  • One year later

    My muffins are getting puffier. We’re coming up on a year in Ecuador. Apart from our family and friends in the U.S. – and inspiring days of unity like the…

  • Disa and Data by Dot

    Over 50 years ago my mother, who worked at one time for the Highpoint (North Carolina) Enterprise, taught me how much contemptuous fun could be derived from reading tiny rural…

  • Prostating ourselves to distraction

    A birthday/convalescence bouquet from our kid. Coffee cup for scale. Around our sixth or seventh month in Quito – we’ve been here 10 months to date – our neighborhood no…

  • Ambivalence

    The Virgin Mary watches over every branch of our bank. I have not gotten into a writing groove for this blog and may never do. Part of the issue, before…

  • A view from abroad

    “ . . . the United States may be turning itself into an island of barbarism amidst the larger world.” – Paul Krugman From day to day I don’t know…

  • Observations, oddments, and a second thought

    Yesterday we got into an Uber and there, in the back seat, was the driver’s son. Four years old, neither sitting in a car seat nor wearing a seat belt.…

  • A trip to the ER

    And then another. When we arrived in Quito in April and began to explore the neighborhood around our Airbnb, it didn’t take us long to discover that walking here is…

  • Groceries

    Eggs and so much more. Some years ago I became fascinated by shopping for groceries in other countries, and even in foreign parts of my own country. I can stroll…

  • Cooking while high

    9,350 feet high, to be precise. This was to be the first of possibly several disquisitions on trying to stay connected to the old Robbinsdale “foodways” in a new country…

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Reflections on leaving the U.S. for a life we can afford — and possibly improved mental health — in Ecuador.