PostsCommentsPayoutssteemerpat (47)in #politics • 8 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Trumping decency, triggering old woundsDid the last week or so of coverage of the U.S. presidential election trigger you? Welcome to the fast-growing…steemerpat (47)in #gardening • 8 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.It’s Beginning to Look a Bit Like ChristmasWhen I moved to Ecuador in mid-November almost six years ago, I was astonished to find higher-than-our-head…steemerpat (47)in #steem-meme • 8 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Is there hope for victims of fast-spreading Steem-allnitus?Since I joined Steemit, I've noticed a tendency to stay up too late and neglect everything else for steeming. Oddly…steemerpat (47)in #steem-meme • 8 years agoGrandma got a special upvote - Steem-meme 3Thank you, @stellabelle! I seem able to make memes only for an internal audience. One of these days I'll do a…steemerpat (47)in #steemit • 8 years agoMy milestone is a comment, not a numberIf this is a community, then this metric matters. Yesterday I passed one hundred followers, and my reputation is…steemerpat (47)in #steem-meme • 8 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Honey - Steem-Meme #2This is not a marketing meme, but rather a way to empathize with brand-new minnows, which was my status not very long…steemerpat (47)in #steem-meme • 8 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Wanna see ... Steem-Meme #1steemerpat (47)in #money • 8 years agoOur ugly, do-gooding, money-saving, aggravation-eliminating, hernia-reducing answer to ‘don’t drink the water’Can you drink the tap water? The answer in many parts of Latin America is No, not unless you want a nasty intestinal…steemerpat (47)in #news • 8 years agoIf you steal copyrighted material, what if your blog goes viral?Would you be embarrassed—or sued—if the world found out you were a plagiarist? We talk a lot about plagiarism and…steemerpat (47)in #travel • 8 years agoWhy The Hell Didn’t I Do What I Knew I Should? HALT to Reduce Travel Misadventures (Part 3)What can go wrong when you forget to HALT while HUNGRY , ANGRY , LONELY , or TIRED ? … or when you’re…steemerpat (47)in #travel • 8 years agoPart 2, HALT to Reduce Travel MisadventuresFailure to HALT can get you in trouble abroad. @Steemerpat says: Limit travel mistakes by using the HALT tool. I…steemerpat (47)in #travel • 8 years agoPart 1, HALT to Reduce Travel MisadventuresBecoming aware of the conditions that make you most vulnerable can limit bad experiences while you travel and live…steemerpat (47)in #introduce-yourself • 8 years agoLiving the expat dream: on a chicken bus with a duck“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” – Unknown Hi…