I’ve been asked twice this morning, “Are you cold?” Once at the mini mart when I walked there for a few items; the second time by today’s Max X Menos driver, Daniel. It’s 65 F. degrees! I smiled both times, then said, “No. I’m from Seattle!” They both nodded, understanding. […]
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Kamala Harris’s new book 107 DAYS is ESSENTIAL READING! I downloaded it last night and read ’til 2:30. Had a helluva hard time putting it down. Got to the chapter 62 Days To the Election and just had to. I know how it ends, of course. At least up until this moment, October 11,
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It’s Grecia Day for me again, but no feria (or iguanas, sadly!) this week. There are several other places in Grecia that I need to go during the few hours I’ll be there: Sanchez Lab for my routine monthly bloodwork (INR level check) (10 minutes) Bank for cash (3 minutes) Mondo Magico for sponges,
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As of this morning, I’m renaming Mr. Grey Fuzzy Pants (a descriptive — but really dumb name) to Mikey. Or perhaps Miguel since I’m in Costa Rica now! (Which makes Charli a Carli and me a “Crease”! Ain’t that a kick — or a crease — in the pants?!) “MGFP to Mikey — WHY?”
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Charli won’t let me sleep much past daybreak. She thinks as soon as the sun gets up, I should, too. Charli no me deja dormir mucho después del amanecer. Ella piensa que tan pronto como salga el sol, yo también debería. It would be annoying if she wasn’t so sweet/cute doing it. At
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I finished the book this morning, so I’m free and clear to blog again. Now I just have to figure out what to blog about, since I haven’t done anything new or noteworthy for three days. Grocery delivery due today I’m supposed to get a grocery delivery today, but nothing has arrived
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Today is the one month anniversary of the first time I stepped onto Costa Rican soil and my life began anew. Looking back on it, it was such an easy transition, thanks to the support network that chaperoned me while I was in the States (Margaret Aliff, the Rainbow Refuge gang, Jon Graham Mitchell,
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“Soooo… Did you see iguanas at the feria today?” you may ask… Oh! My!! Gosh!!! I saw just about every color iguana known to nature, I think. They were hanging out in the freaking feria parking lot because the fruit and vegetable vendors feed them their scraps. I lost my mind. I
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It’s midnight and I’m wide awake. That’s because I took a nap this afternoon and then slept from six til just a little while ago. I’m spending the time cooking more rice and looking up Spanish words for the things I want to get while I’m in Grecia this afternoon. I need
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Wednesday October 1, 2025 I’m dog-sitting here on the east side of the valley today while Jon, Francisco, Clarkie and Dale take a trip to la playa to enjoy a full day of surf and sand. Good for them! As for me … I firmly believe that the beaches here would be too
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