I’ve settled on my landing pad in Costa Rica. I’ll be spending at least the first month at Villas Escondidas (Rainbow Refuge) in Grecia. In October, they’ll be opening a second location in San Ramon (the other of the two places I decided on as a potential “forever home”), and I’m on their roster […]
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It’s almost the 4th of July, Independence Day, and I have never felt less like celebrating … even though it may be the last one the United States ever sees. We may not make it to 250 years as a democratic republic because of the GOP… (Fie on them and the Trojan asses they rode
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I called yesterday to get an appointment at my local Social Security office. I was only on hold for 23 minutes before a lovely lady named Tanya came on the line to help me. I explained that I needed a signed, dated and certified copy of my SS income and that I had written
My Social Security Office is Awesome — and Awful! Read More »
(Animals on t-shirt in Spanish, in order: guacamayo, perezoso, tortuga, mono.) Yesterday when I tore down the old, wire chicken coop cover, I had a chance to try out my new neck-cooling fan and cooling hat. (The hat isn’t new: I’ve just never saturated it with water and used it as a cooling hat before.)
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Today I put the final touches (except for painting the exterior) on the goat shed-turned-hen-house. I like the results: Natural branches for their perches, to keep their feet happy… Their interior nest boxes… Close up of the floor bedding and treat “shish-kabob”… View from ther front door into the hen yard… View
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Someone asked me if I will continue to write political blog posts after I move to Costa Rica. Absolutely Not! Part of the reason I’m leaving the USA for Costa Rica is to escape the policies being put into place by the current administration. Had the election gone the other way, I would have
Not My Circus Not My Monkeys: Politics in the USA Read More »
I will take Mr. Tumnus and Tillie, the goats, to their new home in about 45 minutes. Don’t worry: I will take pictures after I get them over there, so you can see their new digs. Except for (maybe) missing me, they will probably think they’ve died and gone to heaven! Their
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With just ten Wednesdays left before I hop on an airplane to Costa Rica (exactly or approximately, depending on whether my three must-have documents and their apostilles will be securely in my hands by then), I am experiencing Christmas Tree Brain: my amygdala is calm, but eager anticipation is rising! I’m sleeping well.
Ten Wednesdays To Go — Christmas Tree Brain! Read More »
I’m back in action, working on getting the three crucial immigration documents and apostiles that I need for my move to Costa Rica in September. I have a letter of request in to Social Security (since CR no longer recognizes self-printed income docs) and its apostilization, my order for a birth certificate and apostile, and
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