Mar 31, 2006 | Recovering REALTOR®
So we are at the new school, St. Cecilia’s, signing up the boys. The clerk asks me what I do for a living ("Qué es sue profesión?") I tell her I am a housewife because I can’t say sand sculpturess in Spanish. She types in "HOG" which is...
Mar 31, 2006 | Medical Care, RYAN
When I can’t, it wrecks my whole night. And his. Like last night. Ryan has asthma. His wheeze or dry cough or panting wakes me. My eyes pop open… I listen. At first I’m not sure what I’m listening for, what woke me up. But after 13 years, Ryan...
Mar 30, 2006 | Bush, Culture Shock, God, what a world!, Political Blah-Blah, Teenagers, War
This from Dave Kopel at The Volokh Conspiracy that I stumbled across roaming the blogosphere:Iranian teenager to be executed for self-defense against a rapist. Amnesty International reports this case from Iran: On 3 January [2006], 18-year-old Nazanin was...
Mar 25, 2006 | Recovering REALTOR®
Rumor has it, we’ve retired. "Retiring" means choosing to quit your job and moving to another country… I guess we sorta did that. But it implies doing that without the need to ever work again. Uh, we didn’t do that. We aren’t...
Mar 21, 2006 | Accommodations, Attractions, Bamboo Farm, CR: Wildlife, Farmer's Market, MOM, Travel Tips, Volcanos
When you visit Costa Rica, be sure to bring your wallet. And a debit card. God made Costa Rica breathtaking; she didn't make it free. And before you return home to report on your visit, arm yourself with every synonym for fabulous, breathtaking, amazing, magical,...
Mar 17, 2006 | Uncategorized
Main Entry: ad•ven•ture Function: noun Etymology: Middle English aventure, from Old French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin adventura, from Latin adventus, past participle of advenire to arrive, from ad- + venire to come 1 a : an undertaking usually involving danger and...
Mar 16, 2006 | Cost of Living, Culture Shock, Moving-To, Political Blah-Blah
PHOTO BLURB FROM AM Costa Rica: "The magistrates of the Sala IV constitutional court have a little light reading. The judiciary released this photo Wednesday showing the documents associated with the new tax plan that is being evaluated for constitutionality by...
Mar 14, 2006 | CR: Wildlife, Medical Care, MORGAN, XAVIER
Feeding the birds is big. Hal built a bird feeder the other day from fallen bamboo down by the river on our 40 acre finca [FEEN-kah, farm]. Well, not "our" finca but we have the run of the place. We put fruit on it every am, but so far, birds only eye it...
