Toyota pickup truck (Image by Nick Magwood from Pixabay) I dropped the glass on the ground and watched as the glowing blue liquid oozed off the broken pieces of the slide, toward the toolbox where I’d just stored the jar. My breath caught in my throat as I watched the specimen wiggle its mass betweenContinue reading "Unexpected Company"
The Voyage
It's blue in all directionswith a smooth blanket in frontand ahead, and rippling wavesbelow. Even that line where theymeet is a cloudy blue that waversin the light. We sit back on the outerdeck with our feet kicked up onthe railings, not a care in the world.This vessel is taking us to paradise. Originally shared here.
Meagan Reads YA Horror: Five Midnights by Ann Dávila Cardinal
I had the opportunity to see Cardinal speak at a panel at the Miami Book Fair in November 2019. The panel had four authors speaking about Caribbean mythology and storytelling. Needless to say, it was an excellent event. I picked up a copy of Five Midnights that day. Five Midnights by Ann Dávila Cardinal, TorContinue reading "Meagan Reads YA Horror: Five Midnights by Ann Dávila Cardinal"
Into the Ancient Past
It's a million broken stones to seebut we mill our way through, upand down the halls that hold marblebusts and headless torsos. Thoughour feet glide over smooth, clearPlexiglass our eyes take in the groundbelow, into clay and beige dirt withindiscernable shapes of what was onceeither a kiln for fire or designatedchamber pot space. Either way,Continue reading "Into the Ancient Past"
What I Learned From NaNoWriMo
Drafting a plan (Soure: Image by Pexels from Pixabay) November is known as National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. I'd heard about the event for several years, but there was always something keeping me too busy to participate. This year, as I found myself self-employed, time was abundant. I finally took the plungeContinue reading "What I Learned From NaNoWriMo"
La bandera
Postcard of Ecuador from the 1980s The yellow, blue, and red stand Stark against white mountain caps. Colors bleed stronger than that absence of shade. It will always wave, louder and brighter than the snow surrounding. It calls us home. Originally shared here.
Wanderlust: Otavalo, Ecuador
Simón Bolivar Park in Otavalo, Ecuador, July 2018 After visiting the village of Cahuasqui, my family and I stayed the night in Otavalo, the major city closest to the village. I'd visted Otavalo the last time I went to Ecuador as well, but this was my first time spending the night in a hotel inContinue reading "Wanderlust: Otavalo, Ecuador"
The Scientific Method
Microscope ( Image by felixioncool from Pixabay ) Sean tilted his head. “It’s a jar of dirt.” Dylan sounded disappointed. “That’s not dirt,” Emily added. “I’ve seen dirt. That’s not it.” Sean and I gave our daughter a questioning look. She shrugged. “I’ve been studying different things with the microscope you bought me last year. Dirt is mostlyContinue reading "The Scientific Method"
Wanderlust: La ruta escondida, Ecuador
Outside of Quito my dad and I took the rental car on a trek through the mountains on what's known as la ruta escondida, "the hidden route." It's a mountain road that passes through five villages: Atahualpa, Perucho, Chavezpamba, San José de Minas and San Antonio de Pichincha. My dad and I stopped at Atahualpa,Continue reading "Wanderlust: La ruta escondida, Ecuador"