Fresh new air to breathe. One of the many benefits of living in my new home, Perez Zeledon. To be more specific, La Palma, about five minutes outside of town in the mountains between San Isidro General and Playa Dominical. But lately there is something new in the air. Something transforming. I know what it […]
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I recently moved, again. In the last four years I have moved four times. That mathematically equates to one move per year. I can’t keep this up….at my age, are you kidding? It seems that maybe it is time to settle down somewhere. The place I have chosen is Paris, but not in the sense […]
I haven’t been writing in the blog lately. December just didn’t afford me the time (or the ability to concentrate long enough to bang out 400 – 500 of coherent words). And for the last of December and first of January I was bringing in the new year in Medellin, Colombia. For most of the […]
It has to be green. I also like red and blue. But if I have to pick a favorite, that would certainly be green. Why green? Well for one thing, it is the color of Costa Rica. I have never encountered a place so verdantly and vibrantly green. It is mesmerizing. You can stare at […]
There’s just something about a mountain. I grew up a flat-lander, on the coasts of North and South Carolina. However, I have always been drawn mysteriously, like some cosmic magnetic pull, to the mountains. Maybe that is the chief reason I love Costa Rica so much. I have often wondered what exactly is it that keeps me […]
I read these days certain web sites and blogs that tout Costa Rica as “el gran escape” from the current misery being experienced in the U.S. Some even go so far as to say, escape the changing of “America” into a “communist” “martial law” state by moving to Costa Rica. Don’t you think all that […]
200 reasons ago (#96 to be exact) I invited Rush Limbaugh to come to Costa Rica. Seems he is actually considering taking me up on the suggestion. Recently a caller asked him where he would go if health care legislation passed. He replied, “Costa Rica.” Well it has passed…so where’s Rush? A couple guys in […]
Today, this morning in fact, I get to finally do something I have been waiting a long long time to do….pick up my permanent Costa Rican residency card, or “cedula” in local vernacular. If you have followed this blog for a while, you may have noted that achieving the “holy grail” of residency has been […]
If you read blogs about Costa Rica they usually focus in on the writer’s daily experiences, good or bad. There are some really good ones out there, but if you pay too much attention to what is being said, you could get the wrong impression. Often, since most people live in or around San Jose, […]
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