Expat Life
Joint pain is a common symptom of a many of diseases. Osteoarthritis is joint inflammation that results from cartilage degeneration and could be caused by trauma, such as a sports injury, or from repetitive stress. Anyone from a barber to a pianist to a dancer can be at risk for osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is also known...
Photos and text by Robert Bradley What joy there is in watching kids. Goony and playful and sweet good times with friends. __________________
By Robert Bradley I have been living in Cuenca for nearly four months. Here is a snapshot of what I have encountered, so if you are new in town or planning on joining us, these are four things I feel you can reasonably expect. 1. Expect that you will be engulfed by the kindness of...
By Miriam Drake As a professional artist, my career started with crayons and napkins and evolved into oil painting classes when I was 12. Our small Saturday morning studio group painted still-lifes and live models. I was the youngest in the class, and with the least amount of know-how. As I grew as a painter,...
When you go on vacation, do you leave your “diet” at home? When you hear the word “diet” do you automatically think, “weight loss”? Words matter, and how you interpret diet can definitely make a difference in how you manage your weight, and ultimately, your health. If you look up the word “diet” in the...
(Author’s note: I wrote this story and took the photograph sixteen months ago after being in Ecuador for only a few weeks.) Seventy feet below where I live in Cuenca is a school. In the morning, the children come very early, about 6:30. They attend in three shifts, the last of which ends at 9:30...
By Edd and Cynthia Staton Cynthia and I watched a documentary about the history and future of the Internet last night. There were some fascinating as well as disturbing segments (addicted online gamers in Japan and S. Korea wear diapers so they don’t have to be bothered actually getting up to go to the bathroom–gross!!),...
I am so happy. I have an opportunity to share my photographic view of Cuenca. The first months have been overwhelming and predictable (in a touristy sense); shots of Parque Calderon are required, so are women in traditional garb. Don’t fret, you will see them here. But, I hope you find love too, and on...
By Robert Bradley There is something endearing about seeing eight-year-old boys all dressed up in their Sunday best for church. Unlike little girls who tip the cuteness scale almost sideways, boys seem to be competing whether they or their clothes will grow up first. The kid almost always wins. The shirt is a little too...
I apologize in advance for the rant but today I’m just fed up. Sometimes I can’t help myself. From least worst to worst worst foods ever manufactured, here are the four manufactured foods that have no place in a healthy diet. #4: Ramen noodles Recently, while listening to NPR’s Morning Edition, I had the extreme...
By Robert Bradley CuencaHighLife noted that this “rainy” season’ is the wettest in 30 years. I wouldn’t know anything about that because I just got here. And besides, I hail from the Pacific Northwest so rain is second nature to me. And, honestly, I love it. I love living with consuming rain that dominates all...
When meeting with new clients, I always ask them to fill out a questionnaire that details some important facts, including past medical history, and diet and activity history. My new client ‘Don’ was seeing me for weight loss: he had high blood pressure and borderline type 2 diabetes, and his doctor asked him to try...
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