T-WRECKS SUCKS!!!! I’m allowing myself one political post per month. But I shouldn’t call it political. I should call it existential these days. My trans brothers and sisters (and theydies and gentlethems) are fleeing the United States as fast as they humanly can. They’re seeking sanctuary or asylum wherever they can […]
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Top of the morning ! I just looked up this phrase after typing it in. I knew it had British Isles/Irish origins but wasn’t sure about exactly what it meant, other than something positive and friendly. Turns out it isn’t used much anymore in Ireland and is even considered hackneyed or gauche.
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This morning I Uber’ed over to Villas Escondidas to hang with my “first family” in Costa Rica and their present guests. After hugging Melaney and Laurie I was introduced to Kylie W. from Hawaii. She’s scoping out the country as a possible asylum solution for her thirteen year old trans nephew (who lives in
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I took the wet garbage to the waste receptacle at the main road this morning. Every time I walk Calle Estaban Salas, I am overtaken by the beauty that I find along the way. I’m not sure I’ll ever get over it. The sheer number of different plant and tree species blows my
Today I’m going to spend three and a half hours in Grecia doing a few chores and then having lunch with Jon, Francisco, Clarkie and Dale. Looking very much forward to it. Jon wants me to tell a big cat or DeForest story to the attendees today. I’m up for that! Wish I
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I’m not thrilled with with either of my image-capturing devices (smartphone or digital cam). They don’t capture good zoomed images… But this bird appeared minutes ago and it was gorgeous. I just don’t know what kind it is. I hope Laurie Barron can identify it. UPDATE It’s a squirrel cucoo. Laurie Barron and
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I get a walking workout every time I leave this casita. Seriously! Both coming and going! It does a body good. I expect to become mountain goat buff soon! Going Out It all starts with the steps… Then there’s a precipitous drop of 20 feet or so in elevation from
I was just on a Facebook page for expats. A meme there asks, “What has been the most unexpected benefit of having moved to Costa Rica?” The answers were all over the place, and I agreed with all of them. Natural weight loss. No junk mail. (Hello, no mail at all yet
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Beunos dias!!! Es un dia magnifico! I took some pictures earlier this morning of the foliage that surrounds my casita so you can get a clearer appreciation for the immense variety of plant species that exist in this verdant volcano-enriched mountain soil. Coffee, cocao, bananas, plantains, and other foods familiar to most US and
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Laurie Barron has her eye on me. I need to make two corrections to earlier blog posts. She says the lizard image she sent me … this one … .. …is not an immature iguana but some kind of basilisk lizard. I’m wondering if it’s the species nicknamed “the Jesus lizard”. I can’t see
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