Exito! QAPLA! Success! I got it! Jon and Francisco met me at Mercado Municipal across the street from Huracan shortly after nine this morning to drive me to Alajuela to claim the elusive, long-sought-after anti-gravity chair that I’ve been wanting for several months. Francisco only rode one way with us. He remained in […]
Today Jon is driving me to Alajuela so I can get an anti-gravity chair. WOO HOO! That is, IF the one (1!) they have doesn’t get sold before we get there this morning! It has been quite the process finding one here in this region of Costa Rica! Jon and Francisco have dedicated
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Someone asked me a question the other day: “When did you realize you were trans/a boy in a girl’s body?” I’ve been pondering that. Please follow along here as I explain… The mind is an amazing tool. It can hold two opposing beliefs simultaneously. Not comfortably. Not usually forever. Because after a while,
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I met Ed Fagan and his wife Gaby (a Tica) and their dogs today down at the soccer field, and we ended up Ubering to and from Grecia together afterward. They were already on the field when I arrived at 7:05, so I walked over and hugged them both. They had a neighbor dog
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My Spanish lesson continue. I’m up to page 102 in 1001 Pitfalls in Spanish which, for me, is more than halfway to the end because I won’t spend much time on numbers, dates, pronunciation, or measurements since I have most of those (except measurements) already committed to memory. These days I’m just looking for stuff
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I went to Grecia again early this morning because yesterday I forgot to get (of all things!!!) brown rice, potatoes and honey, all of which I was out of. I was there by 8 and back by 10 Ate un “hamburguesa” (a hamburger to you gringos!) at Mercado Municipal and drank a Coca
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I’ve spent the past two days studying Spanish again. Sat down to do it for “a little while” on Monday and got hooked again. As always! Once I get into it, it’s like a tractor beam: “Beam me up, Spanish!” Making good progress through 1001 Pitfalls in Spanish I’ve completed reading and
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Happy Easter and Passover to all who celebrate either or both of these religious holidays. I walked this morning, as usual Didn’t expect to find any of the stores open in this Catholic country on Easter morning, but both of the ones I do business with were open, so I popped into them
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I’ve been a bookworm my entire life. Here are my most recent book recommendations for those of you who still love discovering great books! Titles: This is Happiness Judge Stone I am about a third of the way into Time of the Child, too. This is Happiness and Time of
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It’s April Fool’s Day, the day before Costa Rica pretty much closes up shop to honor Semana Santa (Holy Week). I’m in like a bear, having traveled to Grecia twice this week (Monday and today) to load up on groceries and cat (and anti-biting dog) supplies. ATTENDED BLOOMS Yesterday, I rode with Kathy