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Repeat After Me:

You heard me. g-NOWF-glinz. It stands for God's Natural Organic Food Grown Locally In Season and is my new favorite blog. I'm already in love with Wardeh (Wardee), the mom, and I only just discovered her Saturday! She and her family started out five years ago homesteading, growing their own natural organic food. They follow the Weston A. Price guidelines. Us, too, as much as possible!

Like Wardeh, we have changed everything about how we eat. (Except that Hal still does all the cooking.) "Changing everything about how . . . → Read More About Repeat After Me:

What Dick Says

I have a wise friend, a man this time (most of my wise friends are little old ladies). Dick belongs to a club I frequent. He spends half his time in Costa Rica and half his time in a northern clime. Just before he leaves here every year, he says: "Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think. Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink. The years go by as quickly as you wink. Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think."

I . . . → Read More About What Dick Says

Of All The Things I’ve Yearned For In My Life

Being a permanent resident of a foreign country was never one of them. Neither was marrying an aging Libertarian with a job. Or falling in love with chickens. Or, come to think of it, enjoying a blow-up baby pool full of fish. Or getting such satisfaction out of community theatre. Because, doncha know, I'm too well trained and experienced to be doing any community theatre.

Oddly, in my racially tense (at least waaaaaay back then) high school, I promised I'd "run away and get married" [because, you know, weddings . . . → Read More About Of All The Things I’ve Yearned For In My Life

Unobtanium? Hallelujah Mountains? Tsayhalu?

Spoiler Alert: If you haven't seen Avatar, see it before you read this. Expect to hate it so you can see it with low expectations. I did. Thank goodness.

We watched Avatar last night, at home on our 36" TV, sans 3D, HD or the IMAX® experience. I expected to yawn through it. Worse, I was pretty sure I'd actually dislike it. Intensely.

For starters, I don't like James Cameron. I can't think of a reason why other than that he appears to . . . → Read More About Unobtanium? Hallelujah Mountains? Tsayhalu?

TED Talks does it again. Absolutely Brilliant:

My 2 Least Favorite Things About Costa Rica

As you know, I hate to complain. But a coupla things are ticking me off lately. Like…

1. Gringo Pricing. While ticas and I are the same height, all resemblance stops there. Ticos see me coming. Like going into the local pulperia [mom and pop grocery] for eggs last week. A flat of eggs in Auto Mercado is 2,800 colones. (Eggs are sold by weight, but this is average price.) Well, Juan charged me 4,000 colones and these were not heavy eggs. Nor were they fresh.

Like at Spoon yesterday in Alajuela's . . . → Read More About My 2 Least Favorite Things About Costa Rica

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