Random Thursday Afternoon

Last weekend I went to the party at Diego’s, after the dentist, like I said. The dentist wasn’t too bad, but I had to cut it short after she drilled on three teeth without anesthetic. We were going to go for five, but I was getting stressed out. Maybe next time I’ll ask about novacaine [...]

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New Dream Links

I went to Dream Studies Portal blog this morning and found three new links, then another one branched from one of those. I’ve added a new category on my sidebar for Dreams, and put the new links there.
I’ve been writing my dreams every night recently, with the intention to continue, and to listen to my [...]

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The soda, the Mall, the street

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We went to the movies

On Saturday, after Ily got home from school, we went to the Real Cariari Mall in Barreal to see a movie. Ily wanted to see a comedy, and that sounded fine to me. We sort of wanted to see Inkheart (Corazón de Tinta) since Ily likes Brendan Fraser (she can watch any of the Mummy [...]

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Train Ride from Caldera

A couple of weeks ago, Ileana asked me if I wanted to take the train to the beach in Puntarenas. The Costa Rica rail system is being refurbished after being out of service for many years. Ily remembers taking this train to the beach as a child, sharing the ride with chickens, ducks, and sacks [...]

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Potato Gun

Jorge asked me today what a potato gun is. He said his girlfriend works in a hardware store and a Russian customer inquired about them. I told Jorge they are used only for fun, as far as I know, but that they could be quite dangerous if misused. We found some pictures and videos on [...]

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Aftershocks

When I got home last night, the earthquake was all over the news. It was pretty strong, 6.1 on the Richter scale. Big landslides up in the mountains at Vara Blanca, at the epicenter near Poás Volcano. There is an eco-lodge up there, called Paz Waterfall. 200 tourists staying there can’t get out due to [...]

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Earthquake

We just had a real earthquake, my first one here. It was really shaking. We are having little aftershocks now. But nothing was broken, and my computer is still on, internet still working. Can’t get through to Ily on the phone. Pilar just came in and said she saw a couple of people out in [...]

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Pirate buses have moved on

Ily talked to the transit police the morning before last. They said they would be back at 5am the next morning to stop the illegal bus activity. Now there is early-morning peace and quiet again on our street. Ily said the policeman said he didn’t know how the bus company could afford to pay the [...]

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Summer in Costa Rica

I took a taxi to the orthopedista on Monday. The driver talked about how it was getting dark so early now. I said in Spanish, “Because it’s Winter now.”
The driver replied, “It’s Summer.”
Monday, December 8 was the day of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.
The church in the center of town is called Inmaculada, [...]

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