I woke up early and couldn’t get back to sleep. I was listening to an old Larry Norman song called “One Way” (youtube link) and this memory popped into this ole head of mine. My mom and I were in the car coming home from somewhere. I was maybe around 11 years old or so. […]
Author: rdgringa
Snake In A Bottle
This day has started out to be very interesting. Things both happy and sad have happened and all before 7AM. Rescuing a Hispaniolan Boa was the highlight. All night long the street dogs were having a mating party. 2 of the neighborhood girls are in heat and it brings out all the men hungry for […]
Neighborhood Dogs Love Treaties
The Neighborhood Dogs Love Treaties When I take Buenagente and Inteliperra out for their morning and evening walks around Villa Duarte and Mameyes I always take some treaties with me. The treaties distract my dogs if they feel like barking at another dog or a passing cat. But now, the neighborhood dogs know I have […]
My COVID-19 Masked Faces
Life in the Time of COVID-19 is not an easy existence. Not only do we have to follow all sorts of rules and curfews we have to wear masks. Some masks are all pretty with flowers and some have teeth showing faces on their masks. I have the plain old mask that the Plan Social […]
Life in the Time of COVID-19
View From My Balcony – Life in the Time of COVID-19 Part 1 I sit on my balcony With my dogs Watching the world pass by So slowly Dominican Republic is shut down In quarantine The quarantine is on Curfew from 5 PM to 6 AM People get arrested By military riding around In the […]
Easter Saturday Kites
Flying kites, called Chichiguas, in Dominican Republic is an Easter Saturday Tradition. Kite flying represents hope and we all could use lots of hope during this crisis. Usually, the parks are full of people flying their paper or plastic kites. This year because of, what I call, the Big C (COVID-19 or Coronavirus) people have […]
