February 11th is 92 days away. How do I happen to know this so precisely? Because I just counted. And WHY did I do that? Because my Best Friend Forever LISA TWINING will arrive in Costa Rica then! WOO HOO! Hallelujah! Zip a dee doo dah, zip a dee aye! I’m so excited I can’t […]
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Charli reigns. Saturday afternoon Nov 8, 2025 I didn’t walk today. Instead, I was determined to study Spanish all morning. Ahem. The best laid plans of mice and men… The only problem is that Charli decided she would proclaim a (click here for video proof) morning Cuddle Session. So, she (click
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Today at noon I met up for lunch again with my Costa Rica family — all but the Rainbow Refuge staff, including Laurie and Melaney who are still hand raising two formerly abandoned but now dearly loved puppies — at the coloquially named Football Club in Grecia. Francisco, Jon, Dale Nov. 7 2025 But
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Today during my morning walk I learned the names of my neighbor and her daughter with Down Syndrome. The mother’s name is Luz (which means light in Spanish) and her daughter is Noelia. I think Noelia is mute (or else extremely shy; I have never heard a sound out of her), but she smiles and
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I’m at Posada Mimosa again today (Jon and Francisco’s home) dog-sitting Alice and Thio. I arrived bearing bribes (aka treats) and almost immediately took up residence on “their” couch while Jon and Francisco finished eating their breakfast. After breakfast, Jon harnessed and leashed the dogs so he and I could walk them around the
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Today, Charli placed herself in the perfect position for an early morning sunbeam to capture her perfect essence: aawwwww … Isn’t she adorable? THE CROCKPOT IS BUSY TODAY I’m slow-cooking baby back BBQ pork ribs today. They’re marinating in apple nectar while they cook because the instructions indicated that they’re especially tasty
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I’ve walked 7,171 steps along Calle Estaban Salas this morning. That’s my usual routine and route. But there are additional exercise options here in El Cajon Costa Rica that I haven’t experienced yet. My neighbor Diane told me about one of them. (Reminder: I met Diane once, briefly, the first time that my
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Because of the increased numbers of people who are moving to Costa Rica from the U.S. and Canada (mostly), the wait times to receive pensionado status (or any other long-term immigrant/residency status) to get a DIMEX card has been extended 12 to 18 months, and at times longer if the application itself isn’t clean and
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I had a very busy dream last night about many critters, from marmosets to ducks to cats. In part of the dream, I was somewhere that someone had to relinquish their elderly (9 to 10 year old) cat. They had tried finding her another home, and even a no kill animal shelter, but they
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Above Image: Me, post haircut! Marianela and I left my driveway at 9:30 and were back by 10:40. The bank ATM took about a minute; DIMI took about fifteen minutes, and my haircut took about 15 minutes. The rest was travel time. And I have already confirmed next week’s trip with her. (I’ll be
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