What a grand morning for Christmas songs on the calle! I hit the ground running — er, walking — at about 7 this morning. The first person I encountered at that hour was Homer, on his way up to Calle Los Angeles to deliver oranges to the part of his family that lives somewhere […]
Christmas Songs CR Style on the Calle this Morning! Read More »
I just can’t get over the graciousness of Costa Rican culture. These people are truly salt of the earth. I love them so much! Today I took the bus in to Grecia to see if I could find another perezoso-in-Santa-hat-in-Christmas-tree cloth for Lisa. I was standing at the bus stop waiting for the
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During this morning’s meander, I walked 4000 steps and said hello to the traveling pack of neighborhood perros again. I will do the rest of my daily walking routine in Grecia before I go to lunch at the Futbol Club with Christine, Francisco and Jon. I need to get bloodwork at the Sanchez lab to
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Here’s my 3-Month Anniversary in Costa Rica Proclamation: If you can’t be happy in Costa Rica, You can’t be happy, period!” Yeah, I know, That’s a bold statement, since I haven’t been to all that many places in my life: Canada, Mexico, almost half of the United States (including living for various lengths of time
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Yesterday, before Jon and Francisco left for the beach, they showed me a small scorpion at their place. Scorpions are the only wee beastie that Jon won’t relocate outside ’cause they’re nasty. Not lethal here in CR unless one happens to be particularly vulnerable/allergic to the venom, just seriously ow-ee. Applied ice and (at times)
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I’m dog-sitting for Jon and Francisco again today. The dogs accepted me immediately this time without barking. They sought out a snack from me right away by nosing my food bag. I’m the Snack Giver, so I’m family! They’re barking right now because the lawn care attendant is outside doing some spraying, but that’s
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Here are a few images of the new kid on the block. I don’t know what breed he is, but he is absolutely beautiful — caramel colored! He’s a bit skittish right now. I imagine the transportation process was traumatic for him, but I was able to scratch his nose briefly before he withdrew again.
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I’ve seen keel-billed toucans twice in two days. These are the only times I have seen toucans in the wild here, and I think they were two different ones, because today’s looked decidedly smaller than yesterday’s. They are flighty and don’t stick around very long if I poke my head out of the casita to
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I’m just six days away from my three month anniversary of moving here to Costa Rica. That is AMAZING! A year ago on this date I was still reeling from the results of the federal election and busily putting my escape plan into action. I had let Jackie know that I was leaving because
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I’ll be late getting out the starting gate this morning for my walk. I’m waiting for my phone to charge to full strength so I can take it along. I always carry it so I can take pictures and in case I need it for other reasons: sprained ankle, some other personal or neighborhood crisis,
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