Wake up and dream

About 40 citizens came to the Damascus Community Center on March 21 to attend the “Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream” symposium, an event brought to our region by several local activist women.

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Ecuador Adventure: Part 2

I can hear voices shouting and pandemonium going on outside the window of our hotel room. Last night as I stood on our balcony looking down at the intersection below, I watched a stray dog moving through the shadows. There was nobody around. Now, there is hustle and bustle.

The foreign voices are not shouting in anger but they are loud, the way people communicate on a busy street. My eyes are still closed. I’m not quite awake and the bed is comfortable, but I am curious about the shouting.

I get out of bed quietly and cross to the balcony. Henry and Rel are still asleep. I unlatch the door to a rush of sound and I look out onto the intersection of Calle Vincent Ramon Roca and Calle Gabriel Garcia Moreno in Otavalo, Ecuador.

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