Good afternoon from El Cajon Costa Rica! I didn’t post anything this morning because I’m more than halfway into the pages of a book that Jon Graham Mitchell loaned to me on Friday. It’s called Like People in History by Felice Picano. It’s a semi-fictional account of a number of gay individuals who lived […]
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Today is the one month anniversary of the first time I stepped onto Costa Rican soil and my life began anew. Looking back on it, it was such an easy transition, thanks to the support network that chaperoned me while I was in the States (Margaret Aliff, the Rainbow Refuge gang, Jon Graham Mitchell,
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“Soooo… Did you see iguanas at the feria today?” you may ask… Oh! My!! Gosh!!! I saw just about every color iguana known to nature, I think. They were hanging out in the freaking feria parking lot because the fruit and vegetable vendors feed them their scraps. I lost my mind. I
Leapin’ Lizards, Batman! Iguanas Galore! Read More »
It’s midnight and I’m wide awake. That’s because I took a nap this afternoon and then slept from six til just a little while ago. I’m spending the time cooking more rice and looking up Spanish words for the things I want to get while I’m in Grecia this afternoon. I need
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I fell asleep this afternoon during a thunderstorm and awoke to a beautiful mist similar, but more profound, to the image below. Alas, I didn’t think to capture it until too late. Me dormí esta tarde durante una tormenta de truenos y desperté a una hermosa niebla similar, pero más profunda, a la imagen de
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This morning I opened the carton of Dos Pinos plain yogurt to discover that it isn’t anything like the yogurt in the U.S. And that’s a good thing! Esta mañana abrí el cartón de yogur natural Dos Pinos para descubrir que no es nada como el yogurt en los EE.UU. Y eso es algo
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Wednesday October 1, 2025 I’m dog-sitting here on the east side of the valley today while Jon, Francisco, Clarkie and Dale take a trip to la playa to enjoy a full day of surf and sand. Good for them! As for me … I firmly believe that the beaches here would be too
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OMG! The ice cream here is SOOOO GOOD!!! I ordered a carton of ice cream a week ago and just now got around to dishing myself about 3/4 cup of it. It is to die for. In fact, it is soooo to die for that 3/4 of a cup is 100% satisfying!
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A Cathoic radio station is helping me learn more Spanish. I recognize a lot of the songs from my church-going days. Very helpful! Yesterday afternoon, I pulled out the radio I bought a week or so ago and turned it on, looking for a radio station with DJ’s/emcees that spoke slowly and clearly enough
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I’ll be interested to see what my altered diet here in Costa Rica is doing to my INR level. I’m due for another “finger poke” next week (here in CR, it’s actually a blood draw) to see if adding rice, refried beans and avocada (on occasion) more abundantly to my diet has altered it
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