On this, my 75th birthday, I want to thank my mom for my life. It hasn’t always been a blessing (or even wanted at times) but, from this vantage point, I’m glad I have it! At about 8:45 last night I was remembering the reality that 75 years ago during those last long, hard, […]
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Look what I woke up to this morning: a poem from my German friend, Ilonka Liska. I am in tears! (Thank you, dear friend! Come share my joy with me in Costa Rica when you can!) A Toast to Kris: 75 Years and a New Horizon Seventy-five years of stories told, A writer’s
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Today is my 6 month anniversary in Costa Rica. I have been putting it to good use. And also — er — sorta sideways use… Let me explain! After walking this morning to get in the 7500 steps I’m sworn to uphold (I’m at 8,511 steps now, four hours later), I
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Finished my second Spanish workbook today, and got some lovely news last night: I got an invitation to dinner from the Garrisons, to take to place on my birthday this Thursday! Spanish Pronouns About a month and a half ago, Jon Graham Mitchell gave me a workbook of Spanish pronouns, which I have
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I took the bus to Grecia this morning because I got a wild hair to get shoes (early) for my birthday. Got some other stuff, too. First I went to Central Pharmacy with my thyroid box and bottle of Warfarin so I could have those refilled. Then I crossed the street to
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Sunday March 1st walkies and shopping details. Nothing earth shaking, just my life in Pura VidaLand! Heaven on earth! First thing this morning… I moved my expediente doc from my suitcase to my passport holder since my time here will exceed the 180-days passport stamp in just a few days (March 4th).
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Those of you who have been following this blog (and earlier ones) have a pretty good history of the relationship that my father and I had. To recap for those who haven’t been along for the entire blog journey, my father was a verbally abusive alcoholic with a fourth grade education who could barely
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It’s Friday and I had a frolic with my Costa Rica family this morning and afternoon. Here are the details… I met my neighborhood friend at 7 a.m. sharp at her place …ostentibly to take four laps around the futbol field since we were planning to walk a lot at the feria
WOO HOO! I made almost $50 in book royalties this month. How cool is that?! That hasn’t happened in quite a while! I wonder if it happened because of my presence at Bloom’s late last month? I mentioned being a retired copy and content writer in addition to being the author of
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Sorry I haven’t been blogging for a couple days — I’m depressed. Have been sleeping a lot. Lisa — my best friend in the whole world — flew home on Friday. It sucks. It really sucks! I’ve walked twice. That helped for the 90 minutes or so that it went on
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