10 December is HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SEEKING THE TRUTH : Human Rights Tourism in Latin America latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/s... Safe Journeys! #HumanRights #DerechosHumanos #Guatemala #ElSalvador #Argentina #Chile #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts

(It’s Publication Day!) Let’s take a road trip … “Crossing the Show-Me” and “Sunrise over Chicago” in Midnight Mind Magazine (Number 9, December 2025 : On the Road Again) midnightmind.com/product/midn... Safe Journeys! #RoadTrip #poetry #travel #traveladdicts #travelbugsworld

Heading home! Popayán, Colombia. photo © Lorraine Caputo HAPPY LLAMA DAY! www.daysoftheyear.com/days/nationa... Safe Journeys! #Llama #LlamaDay #SouthAmerica

photo © Lorraine Caputo In honor of Rivera, et al. -- Mexican Murals: Mexico City; San Blas, Nayarit; and Mérida: latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/destinations... Safe Journeys! #Mexico #murals #history #politics #poetry #travelogue #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts

(It's Publication Day!) silverbirchpress.wordpress.com/2025/12/07/p... #insects #bugs #poetry #ants

The first Sunday of each month, we take off on a travel adventure. PASSING THE DAY AT BUENAVISTA latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2025/12/07/p... Safe Journeys! #mexico #train #TrainTravel #travelogue #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts #travelbugsworld

¡FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS, #QUITO! Need to cool off under this equatorial sun? I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream … for HELADO DE PAILA! latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2015/08/11/i... #TypicalFood #ComidaTipica #IceCream #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts #travelbugsworld

And Quito’s birthday party continues!!! Find out how to get a copy of my poetry chapbook about this city, In the Jaguar Valley (dancing girl press, 2023) dulcetshop.myshopify.com/products/in-... Safe Journeys! #Quito #Ecuador #poetry #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts

photo (c) Lorraine Caputo A super full moon on Santa Bárbara's feast day. To honor this venerable saint: “Dreaming with Hormigas Voladores” in Literary Yard (India) (7 October 2023) literaryyard.com/2023/10/07/n... #SantaBarbara #Chango #poetry #spiritual

Let’s continue to explore #Quito during its birthday celebrations! THE FERIA ARTESANAL IN QUITO’S HISTORIC CENTER latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/t... Safe Journeys! #art #crafts #market #fair #Ecuador #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts #travelbugsworld

#Quito is in the midst of its big birthday party, culminating on 6 December. Need to refuel? Try these delights! 20 QUITO STREET FOODS TO TRY latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/2... Safe Journeys! #Ecuador #StreetFood #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts

Quito’s birthday party continues! Let’s check out some Scenes from Quito, Ecuador CITY SCENES – Revisiting Quito Again … and Again … latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/c... Safe Journeys! #Quito #Ecuador #founding #birthday #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts

Many thanks to editor Marie Lecrivain, editor of Al-Khemia Poetica, for nominating my poem “An Andean Dawn” for the 2025 Pushcart Prize (2025) alkhemiapoetica.blogspot.com/2025/12/mond...

Quito (Ecuador) celebrates its 491st birthday on 6 December. Explore Quito with these FREE Origami Poems Project microchaps: A Day in the Life + Endless Rains + Quito Suite www.origamipoems.com/poets/431-lo... Safe Journeys! #QuitoEcuador #Ecuador #poetry #travel #TravelPoetry #traveladdicts

Today only: Download 69 Free Poetry E-Books from the Poetry Super Highway. www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/great-po...

Today is the first Sunday of Advent, a four-week feast before Christmas day. My gift to you is this month’s special eBook : MÉLANGE – Hybridizing the Literary and Art latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/m... Safe Journeys! #art #drawing #poetry #literary #hybrid #book #traveladdicts

29 November is INTERNATIONAL JAGUAR DAY Let us poetically celebrate this noble feline: Jaguar Dreams latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/publications... Safe Journeys! #InternationalJaguarDay #jaguar #travel #poetry #TravelPoetry #mexico #honduras #colombia #peru #traveladdicts

Quito (Ecuador) is in the midst of its big birthday party. Come poetically explore … LIVING FOR THE CITY latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2024/04/28/l... Safe Journeys! #QuitoEcuador #Ecuador #poetry #travel #travelpoetry #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts

Happy INTERNATIONAL CAKE DAY! Head over to the Desserts section of Latin America Wanderer’s Recipe Corner : latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/recipe-corne... Which of my special cakes will you be serving tonight? Safe Journeys! #CakeDay #Dessert #cake #recipe

¡FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS, MOQUEGUA! 25 November 1541, #Moquegua was founded. MOQUEGUA, PERU: THE CITY OF THE PERUVIAN KITCHEN peruschedules.com/moquegua-per... Safe Journeys! #peru #gastronomy #foodie #culinary #travel #TravelGuide #TravelTips #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts

#Quito ( #Ecuador ) is in the midst of its big birthday party. Let’s learn this iconic Quiteño card game! Dealin’ Them in Quito : CUARENTA latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/d... #cuarenta #cards #game #FiestasDeQuito #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts

HAPPY WORLD HELLO DAY! Enjoy my celebratory poem: “Hello” in Masticadores Taiwan (5 December 2024) masticadorestaiwan.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/h... Safe Journeys! #WorldHelloDay #poetry

ATTENTION! The cancellation of a major translation project has left me in an economic lurch. If you or a colleague can use my services, please contact me:

¡FELIZ DÍA DE LA REVOLUCIÓN MEXICANA! Mexico's #railroad carried the #Revolution. To celebrate, let's hop some trains! latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/journeys/tra... Safe Journeys! #Mexico #trains #narrative #poetry #travel #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts

20 November 1976, the Guatemalan military assassinated Father Guillermo Woods in the mountains near San Juan Cotzal, a village terrorized during the civil war. Seeking the Truth latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/publications... #Guatemala #HumanRights #travel #poetry #TravelPoetry

Summer in the Southern Hemisphere -- read my tips for camping in the #Patagonia: 7 PLACES TO GO CAMPING IN THE ARGENTINE PATAGONIA andestransit.com/portal/en/7-... Safe Journeys! #camping #argentina #TravelTips #travel #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts

The gift-giving season is nigh upon us. Order my latest chapbook for yourself or someone special: Orinoco Plains (dancing girl press, 2025) dulcetshop.myshopify.com/products/ori... Safe Journeys! #Venezuela #llanos #orinoco #travel #poetry #TravelPoetry #traveladdicts #travelbugsworld

Happy TAKE A HIKE DAY! Let’s take a virtual hike with my poem: “Ancient Road” in The MockingOwl Roost – Exploration (Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2022) www.mockingowlroost.com/blog/2022/01... #Peru #Hiking #TakeAHikeDay #Travel #TravelPoetry #Poetry #traveladdicts #travelbugsworld

I have four chapbook manuscripts looking to be published of different themes and styles: * Desert Songs: Journeys in Peru -- traveling through Peru's coastal desert * Spirit Suite -- 18 Études on a personal spiritual growth (all have appeared in journals; I own the rights)

photo © Lorraine Caputo ¡FELIZ DÍA DE LA MUJER COLOMBIANA! In commemoration of Independence heroine Policarpa Salavarrieta, the women of Colombia are saluted today. Women of Latin America – Colombia www.facebook.com/media/set/?s... #Colombia #Women #photography #travel #travelphotography

Legendary Mexican #railroad brakeman Jesús García was born 13 November 1881. Let’s go on a Mexican #train ride … THE ABORTED JOURNEY latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/t... Safe Journeys! #travel #Mexico #JesusGarcia #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts

(It’s Publication Day!) Check out this issue of Types & Shadows (Issue #105, Autumn 2025) in which I am a featured artist-writer : fqaquaker.org/TypesandShad... Safe Journeys! #travel #poetry #travelpoetry #HumanRights #guatemala #Mexico

(It’s LIVE!) Get a copy of my NEW #poetry chapbook, recounting my journeys across the #llanos of #Venezuela: ORINOCO PLAINS dulcetshop.myshopify.com/products/ori... Safe Journeys· #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts #travelbugsworld

10 November is DÍA DE LA TRADICIÓN in #Argentina, celebrating gauchos. Come, let’s take a train ride with some gauchos … THE OLD PATAGONIAN EXPRESS REVISITED latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2017/09/17/t... #train #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts #travelbugsworld

Coming soon!

Today we’re checking out the Recipe Corner for today’s dessert idea: BREAD PUDDING latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/b... ¡Buen provecho! #recipe #dessert #apple #BreadPudding

(¡Una Nueva Publicación!) ++ “Revelaciones” y “Ecos negros” en Entre Paréntesis (Chile) (Revista nº 129, septiembre 2025) www.entreparentesischile.com/data/files/s... ¡Buen viaje! #Poesía #Viaje #Chile #Mexico

(It’s yet another Publication Day!) Come #travel with me in #Honduras: “Rain at Any Moment … If It Wishes” in Flapper Press (5 November 2025) www.flapperpress.com/post/rain-at... Safe Journeys! #narrative #travelogue #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts #travelbugsworld

(It’s Publication Day!) Let’s poetically travel to Quito, Ecuador: “A Song Echoes in the Night” and “Embracing the Morn” in Verse-Virtual (November 2025) www.verse-virtual.org/2025/Novembe... Safe Journeys· #Quito #Ecuador #travel #poetry

It’s a Full Moon Night! If it’s cloudy where you are, check out : FULL MOON SEASONS latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2025/01/26/f... Safe Journeys! #FullMoon #LatinAmerica #atronomy #poetry #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts

(It’s Publication Day!) Enjoy my offering to this Super-Sized Series focused on #owls : “Courting” in Storyteller Poetry Review (24 October 2025) stortellerpoetryreview.blogspot.com/2025/10/supe... Safe Journeys· #Colombia #Cartagena #travel #poetry

1 November is ALL SAINTS’ DAY. Galápagos Sketches : WHEN THE VEILS PART latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/g... Safe Journeys! #DayOfTheDead #DiaDeLosMuertos #Ecuador #Galapagos #photography #travelogue #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts #travelbugsworld

(It's Publication Day!) “Black Echoes,” “Day of the Dead Rain” and “Dying Yungas Moon” in Storyteller Poetry Review (Super-Sized Series : Hallowe’en) (31 October 2025) stortellerpoetryreview.blogspot.com/2025/10/supe... #Halloween #poetry

HAPPY HALLOWE’EN! “Spirit Suite – Étude Nº 13” in Lothlorien Poetry Journal (13 May 2021) lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2021/05/four... Safe Journeys! #DayOfTheDead #DiaDeLosMuertos #LatinAmerica #poetry

Let's continue learning about Latin America’s Day of the Dead traditions. latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2015/10/30/w... Safe Journeys! #DiaDeLosMuertos #LatinAmerica #photography #poetry #Mexico #Bolivia #Ecuador #Chile #Peru #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts

We are now in the Season of the Day of the Dead. 29 October is we welcome the souls of those who drowned. “The Place of the Dead” in Lothlorien Poetry Journal (13 May 2021) lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2021/05/four... Safe Journeys! #DayOfTheDead #DiaDeLosMuertos #LatinAmerica #poetry

Let’s continue witnessing Latin America’s Day of the Dead traditions. WHEN THE VEILS PART : Honoring Our Dead – Part II latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2015/10/30/w... Safe Journeys! #DiaDeLosMuertos #LatinAmerica #photography #poetry #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts

photo © Lorraine Caputo We are now in the Season of the Day of the Dead. 27 October is PET REMEMBRANCE DAY. “On Slender Catfall” in Acropolis Journal (Issue 10, 2024) acropolisjournaluk.wixsite.com/acropolisjou... #DayOfTheDead #PetRemembranceDay #cat #poetry

The last Sunday of the month is time for a new eBook poetry collection! Come, let’s be … ESCAPING TO COLÁN, PERU latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/e... Safe Journeys! #peru #travel #poetry #beach #TravelTips #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts #travelbugsworld

photo (c) Lorraine Caputo Today is #HowlAtTheMoonNight and VISIT A CEMETERY DAY Honoring the Dead in Latin America: Cemeteries & Historical Sites www.facebook.com/media/set/?s... Safe Journeys! #LatinAmerica #Cemetery #History #travelbloggerscommunity #travelblogshare #traveladdicts