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Jun 26, 2010 | Key West

With a nice long stop in Miami to SHOP. (Long as in maybe an hour, until I go into sensory overload.) But, baby, oh baby: this is livin’! I’m probably only going to buy guitar strings for Mo and a salad spinner, but, hey, walking in those Ginormous Stores...

Repeat After Me:

Mar 30, 2010 | Food, Genetically Modified Organisms, GMO, Health & Wellness

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...

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

Mar 25, 2010 | Residency & Visas

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...

Tengo Huevos [“I Have Eggs.” Or “I Have Balls.” But, in this case, it means eggs.]

Feb 22, 2010 | Chickens

So, I'm sitting here at my desk, working away, when I hear a loud continuous squawking from the backyard. I knew from my compadre La Gringa's blogicito that when a chicken lays an egg, she trumpets the news. This sure sounded like trumpeting to me! I ran out...

It’s Official.

Feb 18, 2010 | Education, Real Estate

Last week I spent four of the longest (and, surprisingly, some of the most interesting) days of my career in the real estate course offered by the Cámara Costarricense de Corredores de Bienes Raíces (Costa Rica's Chamber of Real Estate Brokers). If I'm going...

Annual Report

Feb 2, 2010 | Birthdays & Anniversaries

Wow. Today is our 19th wedding anniversary. I remember that day like it was yesterday. That's so nice, actually, because I can no longer remember yesterday. PHOTO: We got married in Key West on our dock at sunset. We lived in a mobile home with this view....

DESPERATE Sellers

Jan 22, 2010 | Real Estate

Seriously desperate. Not I'm-a-real-estate-broker-looking-for-a-sale desperate (like in regular real estate sales' pitches), but two honest-to-God I'm-a-seller-and-gotta-sell-this-house desperate. So seriously desperate, the sellers said I could say...

A Thing of Beauty

Jan 12, 2010 | Chickens

… is a joy forever. Last night, I had to carry the chickens into the new coop and they were not happy about being there. This morning, they wouldn't come out! They were busy pecking at everything, finding ants in the straw…And, of course, the minute I...