51 and 364/365ths

Not that I’m counting or anything. The bad news is: tomorrow is my 52nd birthday. Not really "bad"… just not very exciting. Of course, another birthday is still preferable to the alternative. And life is good. Particularly since – and this...

Carrots Fucking The Earth

In my ongoing quest to meet girlfriends, I joined two Escazú book clubs. Somehow, when I turned 50, girlfriends took on new meaning. As in: life would have no meaning without good girlfriends. I never felt that way before, but it’s taken me by storm. I had great...

Where Does All That Rain Go?

Like the 800lb gorilla, anywhere it wants! It has rained all the live long day again today. And a downpour the whole time, no off and on stuff like normal thunderstorms in the states. Even hurricanes gust. Not this: a steady hard rain sound on the roof all day. Puts...

Another One Bites The Dust

We fired our third maid yesterday. Maid #1 wasn’t a great cleaner, although I believe she was honest. And, in truth, looking back, she may have needed to come for a full day to get the job done, not just a half day. Just as I was becoming more and more...