365 Reasons I Love Costa Rica
Archive for March, 2010
Reason #299: Back to U.SS.A.
For the first time in nearly four years I will leave my beloved Costa Rica and return to U.S. soil….for seven days. The very thought scares the hell out of me, as if I am about to enter a black hole that will suck me into its swirling vortex with no hope of return. But [...]
Reason #298: Sometimes There Just Aren’t Enough Rocks
Was flipping through channels yesterday and there on number 347, or something, was Forrest Gump, one of my favorite movies of all time. I have probably seen it a dozen times, but each time there are certain scenes that really “get me.” I guess I identify with Forrest in some ways, feeling like a sort [...]
Reason #297: Thoughts on Commitment
What is commitment? Websters defines it as “the state or an instance of being obligated or emotionally impelled, such as a commitment to a cause.” I can think of similar words to describe such a state…words like dedicated and driven. But I like commitment, maybe because it also signifies a sense of being, well, a [...]
Reason #296: Rush Limbaugh Moving to Costa Rica?
200 reasons ago (#96 to be exact) I invited Rush Limbaugh to come to Costa Rica. Seems he is actually considering taking me up on the suggestion. Recently a caller asked him where he would go if health care legislation passed. He replied, “Costa Rica.” Well it has passed…so where’s Rush? A couple guys in [...]
Reason #295: Donde Esta Pablo Presbere?
This past weekend we visited the Bribri tribe in Talamanca. It is always touching how these indigenous groups, poor in material wealth, but rich in human spirit, receive us so warmly and openly. A group of young Bribris put on a theatrical presentation for us entitled “Donde Esta Pablo Presbere?” Pablo Presbere, or Pa-Blu, was [...]
Reason #294: Green Footprints
Lately you can find any number of web sites dedicated to helping you “reduce your carbon footprint.” There are even “carbon footprint calculators” that measure exactly how much carbon you are spilling into the atmosphere and contributing to our planet’s overheating. This is all well and good, but in my opinion all this focus on [...]
Reason #293: Organically Speaking
It seems that Western society is designed along the lines of the following conspiracy….the solvers of problems create the problems to be solved. Take Western medicine and medical care, for instance. It just seems that we have set up a society so full of stress and poison that it creates a constant and never-ending stream [...]
Reason #292: Oh Happy Day!
Today, this morning in fact, I get to finally do something I have been waiting a long long time to do….pick up my permanent Costa Rican residency card, or “cedula” in local vernacular. If you have followed this blog for a while, you may have noted that achieving the “holy grail” of residency has been [...]
Reason #291: An Amazing Country
If you read blogs about Costa Rica they usually focus in on the writer’s daily experiences, good or bad. There are some really good ones out there, but if you pay too much attention to what is being said, you could get the wrong impression. Often, since most people live in or around San Jose, [...]
Reason #290: Capital in Search of a Patient
I was reading online about this new book, The Blue Sweater, by Jacqueline Novogratz. The concept intrigued me so I delved a little deeper into Mrs. Novogratz and began discovering wonderful things such as that she is the head of the Acumen Fund, a “social venture capital” fund that seeks to place “patient capital” into [...]
