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Just a sample of nearly 300 cart entries: Most cart are filled with family members!Atenas, Costa Rica Errrrrr, hmmmmm, son, this is an oxcart parade!Kids pushing their limits everywhere! 🙂And here, people just say “¡Pura Vida!” And the line goes on and on!Three years of these and I’ve had enough, leaving early for lunch!They used …
Front Side Back Side I picked up this leaf along the side of the road walking home from the bus stop after a trip to Alajuela. It just attracted me, and I felt the need to photograph it with more than my cellphone. (I know, “Get a life Charlie.”) Living slow in Costa Rica, I …
It was the first week of July when the CAJA set up my next appointment with my assigned doctor who was not there then for my initial physical. They scheduled it for September 12 with lab work on September 2 and for me to go to Alajuela for a EKG in that larger clinic, which …
It is with great sadness that I recognize the expected death of my dear friend Rus Roach. I already miss him. -CharlieBelow is the announcement I received from Tom and the funeral is available online An Update from our Executive Pastor1 message Thursday, May 5, 2016 Dear First Baptist Nashville Family, I must inform …
“Pura vida!” is as much an attitude, philosophy, or spirit as it is a slogan for Costa Rica basically meaning “Pure Life.” “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” is a proverbial phrase used to encourage optimism and a positive can-do attitude in the face of adversity or misfortune. Lemons suggest sourness or difficulty in …
Me dancing in the street with Gambians on a 2009 Mission Trip. President Jammeh recently declared the majority Muslim country an Islamic State which is really not in his power to declare as the article explains. But he has progressively sought more powers and limited the freedoms of the people of The Gambia and his declaration …
Continue reading “Glad I Didn’t Retire in The Gambia – Newest Islamic State!”
I finally finished one of the more difficult books to read for me yet, but glad I did. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. I read the Edith Grossman English translation which many reviewers say is the best translation ever for this Spanish classic. It is actually two books now published together at nearly 1,000 …
View from my bedroom window (between the power lines) during the afternoon rain today. The fact that there are power lines, houses, and a street below this scene doesn’t diminish its beauty for me, even though an uncluttered view like this would be nice! This is looking west at end of today’s rain. “Beauty is …
I greatly admire the lady with the big covered patio whom I understands gives parties regularly. That’s a great idea for us foreigners to get to know one another and create new relationships. I got invitations to this one twice from two different sources. A widely distributed email and a call from a Tico friend …
I walk everywhere in Atenas and mostly in shorts and sandals on rough or no sidewalk.And recently upon fallen fruit. I have been recently intrigued by how many tropical fruits fall from the trees on the local sidewalks and streets to be “trodden under foot of men” and cars or eaten by animals. Some of …