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beelzael (72)

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Born in Germany, studied Environmental Sciences with focus on water chemistry, migrated to Ecuador in 2013, started an artisan bakery in 2014 which is still ...

Cotacachi, Ecuador
Joined November 2021
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beelzael (72) in HiveGarden•
Bits and Pieces.
Okay, I admit it. I recycle even plants. You know the little parts of the onions, where the roots were? All that that is usually thrown away? Not with me, oh no! I take a good…
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beelzael (72) in Hive Ecuador•
Sin Miedo.
How does our community work in emergency situations? @holoz0r wrote a comment recently on how he admires the tight community network that we established in Cotacachi, Ecuador.…
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beelzael (72) in Finance and Economy•
Pulling up or hanging on?
I'm changing my way of hiving. Not drastically, I admit, but enough to make it feel like a bigger step. September was another month of very interesting reads and comment…
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beelzael (72) in Reflections•
Powerful Privilege.
“You’re talking from your privilege!” was an ad hominem argument from an acquaintance of mine a year ago. It has become a dead-beat argument, just like “Nazi” or “Snowflake” or…
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beelzael (72) in Reflections•
In the mines of Moria.
This weekend has turned out to be one of the worst in a long time. After one of the worst weeks in a long time. Fading into what will most likely be another superlative of the…
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beelzael (72) in Weekend Experiences•
Time to burn something.
This has not been my favorite week. If you scroll down in my blog time line, you'll see that a lot has been going on. It was hard. So, yesterday already, I felt like I needed to…
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beelzael (72) in HiveGarden•
Welcome to my garden.
My garden is the 10x5m backyard of the restaurant I used to own, and above which I still live with my daughter. It's been a little over 5 years now, and the changes are…
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beelzael (72) in Hive Ecuador•
Diesel to the fire / Diesel al fuego [ENG/ESP]
VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL I spent many hours reading articles these days, trying to figure out what is going on, combining several pieces that by themselves seem harmless, but…
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mortgagenomad1 (57) in #travelecuador•
Ecuador. The Land That Forgot Time
For A Country That Sells So Many Watches... I' www.themortgagenomad.ca ve been traveling all over Ecuador for over 7 months now. To some, this will sound like a long time…
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beelzael (72) in Hive Ecuador•
Impressions from a Strike / Impresiones del paro [ENG/ESP]
Versión en Español Since Monday early morning, the strike is on. While the reasons are to discuss in another post, I think it might be interesting for people to know how it…
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beelzael (72) in Weekend Experiences•
What doesn't kill me...
"There's always a positive, dude!" New-Age-Motivational-Facebook-Phrases aren't much my thing. Especially when they come from people who have not the slightest empathetic…
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beelzael (72) in Weekend Experiences•
Must be doing something right.
Lily got sick, passed it on to me, and we're both sick now. We rested yesterday, we rest today. She's better now, and surprised me with an act of love which caused a sudden…
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beelzael (72) in HiveGarden•
Rose-Marry-Me.
Feel free to hit me for the title, but when I ask Ellie to marry me, I would love to wrap it into a very bad pun. Unfortunately, Rosemary is "Romero" in Spanish, so that would…
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beelzael (72) in Reflections•
Strike again.
So, the strike is here, once more. Our local organization called to start the strike on Sunday evening (after finishing up the market they host), but the national organization…
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beelzael (72) in Reflections•
Panic Greed.
Here we go again! President Noboa decided to take the Diesel subsidies away cold-turkey-style, after gasoline had already been adapted to the global market over a period of time.…
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beelzael (72) in Weekend Experiences•
3 songs, 3 good times.
Last week I wrote about how I was so blinkered that I didn't see the good things I had in my week. So, I thought I'll take advantage of posting my three favorite songs for…
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mortgagenomad1 (57) in #introduction•
Who the hell is The Mortgage Nomad?
We all have stories of how we got to where we are; here's my story about how misfortune turned into a wonderful journey!
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beelzael (72) in HiveGarden•
The absolute best in my garden this year.
Hello everyone, I'm new here in the Hive Garden, inspired by the posts of one my recent blogging acquaintances, @riverflows. I live in Cotacachi, Ecuador, in a 2 story building…
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beelzael (72) in Reflections•
Neither high nor low - stay where you are.
"Politically, there's not much that connects us. But as obvious as that is, so is the fact that we have a very similar idea of how a sovereign, adequate debate culture." Norbert…
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beelzael (72) in Worldmappin•
A whole lot of nothing.
There's a very long beach on the northern coast of Ecuador that is so hard to get to that it's basically abandoned. There's one big family living there, a few huts, half washed…
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