Here’s the view of the San Isidro sunrise that I woke up to this morning at about 6:20 a.m., taken from my back patio window. Sublime! The second best consecutive thing to happen this morning is that I took my first HOT shower since arriving in Costa Rica on Sept 4, 2025! The shower in […]
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I’m in my new home now and 99.9999% squared away — squared away enough that I’m going to leave the rest ’til tomorrow. (Minor tweaking is all, to get everything just the way I like it. I am thrilled with the apartment and the premises. The apartment is excellent and the landlady is welcoming
One day until the move, and then I become a San Isidro de Grecia/Alajuela resident! WOO HOO! Ten days after that, Lisa arrives. HOORAY!!!! But before we get to today’s thoughts about the move and Lisa’s impending visit, I want to tell you about yesterday’s foray into Grecia. Lunch was at Grecia
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Sheesh — I didn’t login to my laptop yesterday so now I need to play catch up again from my handwritten notes, about sixteen pages of them! Hopefully not much of it needs to be brought here, but we’re about to find out! Here we go! On Saturday Jan 24th I wrote:
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Saturday January 24, 2026 8:40 a.m. 7970 steps so far this morning. Waaaayyy ahead of the game! I saw Diane for a few minutes this morning after my walk. She wants me at her place at 8 a.m. on potluck day, which is SUPERB! I thought it was going to be a brunch,
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Here’s my news update for Friday January 23 2026. It includes news I’ve gathered over the past several days. On Wednesday January 21st I wrote: I Won’t Be Getting My Security Deposit Back No one has been able to find an immediate replacement renter for this casita, and I told Cat that
Because I was in Facebook jail for more than 24 hours, I didn’t get as many of the “thinking of you” messages on DeForest Kelley’s birthday until January 21st. Thank you to everyone who reached out. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to reach back to you unless I have your WhatsApp info or some
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Today’s walk created an opportunity to take a photo of a dead snake. I only wish it was alive instead of dead. It was such a gorgeous creature! It looks enormous in the picture, but that’s because I set my cellphone to within a couple inches of it so it would fill the screen. In
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For several hours last night and this morning, I have been working with the Spanish Grammar reference guide that Jon Graham Mitchell bequeathed to me on Saturday, and it is solidifying so much of what I learned earlier through books in an immensely helpful way. The four-page laminated reference guide is in super small
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This morning before my walk in front of Eileen’s house began, there was a large flock of small parrots in a tree above me. I walked in front of Eileen’s for an hour (6,465 steps) from 7:05 to 8:05. As soon as I arrived, I encountered a flock of small parrots in a tree
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