Itʼs a gloriously sunny Vilcabamba day in the middle of a long and rainy Spring, perfect for making the trek by horseback down the mountain to the river to do a backload of laundry. Raul fetches our horse, Camilo Cienfuegos, young and handsome and spirited as the Cuban revolutionary hero he was named after. We […]
Deborah Medley
BEES GETTING BUSY
Stories for Melodia by Deborah Medley My brother-in-law Jaime walked into the cottage one sunny, warm afternoon carrying a large bowlful of honeycomb freshly excavated from our beehives at the back of the property. Bees were a new venture for Jaime, and none of us, not Raul, not I, and not even Jaime had any […]