H&B Construction Builds The World’s Cutest Chicken Coop

Jan 10, 2010 | Chickens

The "H&B" used to stand for Hal & Brian, but it evolved into Heavy & Bald. (Guess how.) It also stands as a testament to how long something will last, which is forever. These boys don't spare a screw. "Overbuild it!" is their motto....

Moving About The Countryside

Jan 6, 2010 | Badgetts, Cabecar, Domincal, Festivals & Holidays, Ginnee's Farm, Uvita

It has been a brilliant two weeks with the Badgetts; I can't think of a better way to have started 2010. When the Bs are here, we don't stop roaming. It is a beautiful reminder of just how wildly diverse is nuestro pais pequeño [new-ACE-troe pa-EES...

I’m Having One and I Feel Like Sharing:

Dec 24, 2009 | Badgetts, Festivals & Holidays

  We are celebrating Christmas in our new traditional fashion: by spending the holidays with the kosher Badgetts and not celebrating. It's now oh so de rigeur and oh so much more fun than the old way. The Bs have come every (#1) Christmas (#2) week (#3)...

Question From A Reader:

Dec 11, 2009 | Uncategorized

Hello Saratica, I found your interesting informative blog online. My name is Georgia and I lived in Costa Rica 2001-2006. Christmas 2005, I was robbed, so I moved to another country. After this economic crises, I am thinking of coming back. I have heard enough crime...

Chicken Fever

Oct 18, 2009 | Chickens, CR: Wildlife

I got it bad. I'd rather hang out with my chickens than almost anything. They are so cute, they don't ask for much other than food and water. I'm pretty sure they like it when I'm there. They don't run away (too much) when I put my hand out to put...

Chicken Challenges

Oct 8, 2009 | Chickens

Even though we weren't quite ready, we got us some chickens. I just couldn't wait and I figured, like anything else, having chickens would make us ready. Three little week-old chicks. The guy at the store said they were all girls. Perfect! After I got them...

Me ‘n My Natural Seat

Apr 18, 2009 | Spanish

Yesterday, Hal and the boys and I were at a birthday party and the topic turns to horseback riding. Vicky, the birthday girl, turns to me and says, “Do you ride?” Me and my big mouth say: Not anymore. But I used to. When I was eight years old, close to 100...

Follow The Bouncing Ball

Apr 20, 2008 | Culture Shock, Living-In, Moving-To

We are home again, back at my desk next to my bed wearing my sheets (the bed, not me). So happy to be in my house with my stuff. Overlooking my valley. Through my razor wire. Which seems to have lost its lustre. Sigh. I have to tell you: I came back a tad confused....