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To: Fifty To Life
Dear Readers, I'm now blogging at FiftyToLife.com. Please join me over there. Today's post is called Me and My Coma. Fascinating.
I'll be moving these abroad posts over to that blog, poco a poco, so everything will be in one place. Once that's done, this name will point there. Hopefully, one day, I'll be a broad in sunny Costa Rica again, instead of a broad roaming Kentucky's frozen tundra. Still the same broad, just colder. I said COLDER, not older.
I just looked at my handy . . . → Read More About From: A Broad In Costa Rica
After having flown hither and yon for the entire summer, Hal and the boys and I are finally all in one place again: Kentucky. Where it looks like we'll stay. At least, that's the plan today. Or, it was an hour ago.
The original plan, waaaay back in June, when it became clear we were moving from Costa Rica, was to land rat cheer (right here in KY-speak). Then, end of September, we'd join Peggy and Brian on their move to Houston. After helping them unpack, we'd explore . . . → Read More About The Eagles Have Landed
In the USA, I mean. No potholes, no gravel, no pavement dropping off the side down the mountain. No missing manhole covers. No ditches. No roads (so far) that go from pavement to gravel to rutted riverbed to pavement to riverbed to grassy knoll… well, you get the picture.
No terrified pedestrians waiting to cross the street… in fact, U.S. pedestrians are brazen. Yeah, they step right off the curb and cross anytime. Sometimes without looking!!!!
No horns. I miss horns.
And drivers here are so coddled: streets . . . → Read More About What Is It With The Roads Here?
Famous last words, but I mean it this time. There isn't a bone in my body that doesn't ache. When I lay down, omg, it is heaven of the sort you only dream about.
We have nine bags and three laptops Hal and I: pretty much our net worth. To add a level of fun you can't get just anywhere, I've lost my passport. Sweet. Because, you know, I'm really in the mood for a challenge.
First thing in the am, Hal is going to the airport with 7 . . . → Read More About Never Again
Moving from Costa Rica is way harder than I thought it would be. I have completely misjudged how attached I am to our lives here, to the Costa Rican people, to my new friends. In the past couple of days, in particular, I realize I have made friends here in less than five years who are as close to me as the friends I left behind in Key West after 30 years there. Just as loving, just as true.
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Sooooo much stuff. Not nearly as much stuff as we had to get rid of when we moved from Key West, thank goodness. Only because we weren’t ever rich enough here to load up. But, right now, it’s looking like a lot. Here’s all the current stuff: http://tinyurl.com/goodstuffcheap. This takes you to flickr. If you watch the slideshow (link upper right), be sure to click “Show Info” so you see details and prices.
There are at least 1,000 books for sale… good books, too. Sold . . . → Read More About Books & Stuff For Sale (Do books multiply in the dark?)
I'm back in Costa Rica as of Tuesday. Looking out over my 180 degree view of the central valley and the mountains of Heredia and Alajuela beyond, listening to my chickens beg at the kitchen door. Man, those girls can whine! They know the good stuff comes outta the kitchen door and they like to make sure everyone knows they are available to chow down. Too funny.
I miss living in Costa Rica already. Especially being immersed in Spanish. I was so desperate to hear Spanish while . . . → Read More About Home Again
Yep, we are really doing it. Now's your chance to have genuine Saratica pre-owned excellent crap. You might never get this chance again. Actually, knowing me, you probably will. Anyhoo, here's this round's Great Stuff:
• 2006 Kymco Xciting 500 maxi-scooter $2000 OBO by Saturday 28 August Electric blue with matching top box. Less than 1300 miles on it. New rear shocks and battery. Lots of storage, automatic transmission. Runs like new. Smooth and powerful. Lightweight. Dr. Pulley sliders for city gearing. Will cruise all day at . . . → Read More About Git Jir Excellent Crap Rat Cheer*
Maybe some of the following applies to tico teens, too, I don't know. I only know mine. Very well. As they do me, since we're together all day every single day and always have been.
In Fred's comment yesterday, he brought up points I had originally included in that post, then erased to keep it manageable. But they are all considerations on the moving pro/con whiteboard, particularly the Gringo Teen Thang. Which is decidedly pro.
We are not moving because there is something wrong with . . . → Read More About The Gringo Teen Thang
Thing #1: Little Known Facts About Costa Rica
Not just in Kentucky, either. YOU probably know this stuff, but I'm continually flabbergasted at the people who don't. Flabbergasted.
1. Costa Rica is NOT an island. If you don't believe me, search "map costa rica" and look really closely. You might need the definition of "island" first.
2. Costa Rica is in CENTRAL America, not South America. Honest.
3. It's COASTa Rica, not CAHSTa Rica. Have I mentioned this? Dare to say it correctly.
Thing #2: Bald
Ok, not quite, but still . . . → Read More About Three Little Things
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