Robert Bradley
Articles by Robert Bradley :
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Capturing the Cuenca moment
I will celebrate the beginning of my fifth year in Cuenca next month. While others are dazzled by the pyrotechnics of Carnival, I will pretend that a least a few… -
The birds are missing
Dear Mother Earth, North America is missing 3.4 billion birds. 3.4 billion birds disappeared and no one noticed the sparrows, blackbirds, wrens, and swallows that didn’t make it, who were… -
Rearranging life’s bouquet
Margret hails from Texas. Her earliest memory of her father is of a kind man, self-shamed simply for being diminutive, who charged about his castle in cowboy boots, boxer shorts,… -
Cuenca’s season for celebrating
The fun just keeps on a-comin’! Last Tuesday, Cuenca celebrated Pase del Niño Viajero, one in a series of Pases celebrating the birth of Jesus that will continue until Carnival.… -
The eternal power of the story
On December 5, the first of a series of Canelazo Stories — an evening of storytelling — was held at La Guarida. It sold out within a few hours of… -
It’s shearing time in the mountain mists
Alpaca milk, beaten thin by unknown hands, is rolled down the paths of mountains as alabaster mist. It then rises from creeks and fissures to mingle with smoke twisting from… -
Caring for the alpaca in Cañar Province
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on shearing alpaca I posted in January of 2018. I’ll be back in a couple of weeks. Alpaca are shy.… -
The magic of a three-year-old’s birthday
The food is set out moments before the first guests arrive. Balloons are tied to armchairs or left to tremble on the ground, some high on helium, others simply filled… -
Losing faith, gaining faith
As of November 17, the 321st day of the year, there have been 369 mass shootings in the U.S. That works out to more than one a day. It has… -
Cuenca’s young lead the charge for climate change; It is their future, afterall
I imagined the day would prove to be rather uneventful. The gray dome that commands the sky almost all day was encouraging folks into the comfort of home; so it… -
Hard work is the key to success for Cuenca’s restaurants, the same as it is all over the world
The restaurant business is a difficult undertaking no matter how you slice it; the reward a restaurateur seeks is the guest’s most expendable dollar. It is only after the rent… -
Want to do something about graffiti in Cuenca? This is not the way to do it
I recently read a call to arms to fight graffiti in Gringo Post and decided to attend the event to get a better understanding of the issues plaguing gringos. The… -
Take a journey into the campo
I’ve been touring the countryside photographing villages in the agricultural region that supplies our mercados. It is a wonderful adventure that reminds me that time need not be so accelerated,…