Today I took another bus trip to Grecia to get a few groceries and a cardboard scratching board for Charli. I didn’t want to sit here all day doing nothing. My get-up-and-go was persistent today! I’ll ride in on the bus one more time this week for lunch with Brooke Bishop and my Costa […]
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Good morning! Buenos dias! I don’t have any outings planned for today. I did walk to the mini mart first thing this morning to get a few things. And I have a large order for MasXMenos but their website is hiccuping right now so I can’t get the order to go through. I
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By all appearances, Navidad is right around the corner. The tiendas are filling with Navidad treasures. Calle Esteban Salas vecinas (neighbors) and even the native foliage are getting into the spirit of the season: And my landlady Cat has a few remaining handmade Navidad items that are still up for grabs. Here is
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Yesterday evening and this morning I went through the vocabulary terms at the end of Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish and listed the words that I still need to commit to memory or work with in sentences to make them feel more natural and common. I knew the vast majority of terms in the glossary
Charli — my little lovebug of a cat — has picked up an un-fun habit of biting me or snagging me with her claws to solicit my attention when I’m not sufficiently engaging with her. This is new in just the past few weeks to a month. She doesn’t do it a lot, but
I’m working on a unique personal prayer that reveals my heart and where I stand on the “religion/spirituality” spectrum. This isn’t the final draft (I don’t think) but it’s pretty close: “Celestial Creator … in whatever form You are and in whatever guise you reveal Yourself to we humans (imperfect receptors that we
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Here is today’s hand-written blog post. I’m too tired to type it out tonight.
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It’s 9:33 a.m. I’ve already walked 7695 steps and heard an oropendola today. I also spotted a centipede (or millipede?) that might be venemous. It was being harassed by an ant and was trying to get away from it. ENGLISH LESSONS This afternoon Jon and I will be in Sarchi’ helping advanced Tico
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I’m going to be busy for the next week+. I’ll be helping Ticos practice their Spanish on two days, buying a large box fan and other items and having lunch with my Costa Rica (adopted/honorary) brothers on another day, perhaps meeting a transwoman who is staying at Rainbow Refuge on another day, and taking my
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Had my interview with the Universidad de Costa Rica today about officially/legally donating my cuerpo (body) to science when I croak. The entire program was explained to me during a 30-minute Zoom call. My dear friends — and honorary Costa Rica “hermanos” — Jon and Francisco sat in remotely on the call, serving as my
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