Today Jon is driving me to Alajuela so I can get an anti-gravity chair. WOO HOO! That is, IF the one (1!) they have doesn’t get sold before we get there this morning! It has been quite the process finding one here in this region of Costa Rica! Jon and Francisco have dedicated […]
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Someone asked me a question the other day: “When did you realize you were trans/a boy in a girl’s body?” I’ve been pondering that. Please follow along here as I explain… The mind is an amazing tool. It can hold two opposing beliefs simultaneously. Not comfortably. Not usually forever. Because after a while,
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I met Ed Fagan and his wife Gaby (a Tica) and their dogs today down at the soccer field, and we ended up Ubering to and from Grecia together afterward. They were already on the field when I arrived at 7:05, so I walked over and hugged them both. They had a neighbor dog
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My Spanish lesson continue. I’m up to page 102 in 1001 Pitfalls in Spanish which, for me, is more than halfway to the end because I won’t spend much time on numbers, dates, pronunciation, or measurements since I have most of those (except measurements) already committed to memory. These days I’m just looking for stuff
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I’ve spent the past two days studying Spanish again. Sat down to do it for “a little while” on Monday and got hooked again. As always! Once I get into it, it’s like a tractor beam: “Beam me up, Spanish!” Making good progress through 1001 Pitfalls in Spanish I’ve completed reading and
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Happy Easter and Passover to all who celebrate either or both of these religious holidays. I walked this morning, as usual Didn’t expect to find any of the stores open in this Catholic country on Easter morning, but both of the ones I do business with were open, so I popped into them
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It’s April Fool’s Day, the day before Costa Rica pretty much closes up shop to honor Semana Santa (Holy Week). I’m in like a bear, having traveled to Grecia twice this week (Monday and today) to load up on groceries and cat (and anti-biting dog) supplies. ATTENDED BLOOMS Yesterday, I rode with Kathy
I have texted with Deb about the coati I saw two days ago. She tells me that entire white-nosed coatimundi families have been seen here in her upper and lower yards almost any time of day, but they’re most active from sunup to sundown. She says her security cameras often catch them in the lower
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IMAGES FROM THE NO KINGS RALLY SAN JOSE COSTA RICA MARCH 28 2026 On March 28, I packed my Winco Cooler Box with multiple bottles of ice with a little water on the top, a thermos filled with Liquid IV, two peanut butter and honey sandwiches, two different size personal fans, a frozen safari
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WOO HOO! I’ll be attending the NO KINGS RALLY in San Jose, Costa Rica tomorrow afternoon. I’ll catch the van from here in San Isidro at 11:30 down by the soccer field. Really looking forward to it. I never missed one when I was in the States, and now I won’t be missing
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