Costa Rica, day two… I am absolutely in love with my new world. Everyone I have met here, from the baggage porters to the driver to the Villas Escondidas owners and visitors, have been wonderful. I checked in after Laurie Barron welcomed me with open arms and a long hug, and spent […]
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Un dia mas! One more day! Eegads…. tomorrow at this time (9 A.M. OR SO) I will be pulling the plug on this desktop and loading it into Lisa’s van. You won’t hear from me again after that until I’m in Costa Rica ’cause my laptop is already in airplane mode and in my carry
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I’m sitting in a den that looks like it has been ransacked. The desk Dad made me is gone. My best/comfiest office chair is gone. My keyboard is sitting on my lap as I do my best to type this. (It’s a chore, typing this way!) The good news is that Lisa
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In three days, Charli and I head into the wild blue yonder … and I have never felt more peaceful in my life. What else is there to say? I’m just soooo relieved and ready to retire to a nation filled with people of good will, a healthy, natural environment, and to meet
Last night I did a “dry run” and packed absolutely everything that needs to go into my two pieces of luggage and one carry on except for my two small vials of meds and a small credit card-sized external hard drive. It will all fit (just barely), but the carry on is going to be
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A common disconcerting thread has run through virtually every one of my farewell get-togethers and conversations with friends: What has this nation come to, that so many wonderful people are fleeing it, or wishing they could? What sad commentary!!! I should be sad to be leaving the United States forever in just five days
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I had a brief DeForest Kelley dream this morning. It was reassuring and poignant. And perfect timing for what I’m about to go through. In the dream, my niece Jamie (who was just 8 or 9 in the dream, although she is over 21 these days) and I were going to see a retro
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Is it only Friday?!!! This has been “molasses week” for me. It should be AT LEAST Saturday, if not Sunday! One week from right now, God willing and the creeks don’t rise, Charli and I will have been on the ground in Costa Rica for two days and a couple of hours.
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This so-called democratic republic (now a fascist police state) was conceived in white male supremacy. It will probably die that way, too, based on what I’m seeing and sensing right now. Which is the chief reason why I’m getting out of Dodge next week instead of two to three years from now: Far
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Any day now, I should be getting a copyof Charli’s USDA APHIS health status document so I can have it along on the flight. The doc will be transmitted electronically to the powers that be in Costa Rica, but Dr. Byrd says I should have physical copies on my person when we fly, too, in
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