365 Reasons I Love Costa Rica
Archive for July, 2011
Weighed, Measured and Found Wanting
I don’t really consider myself a “liberal” or a “conservative.” I really don’t care for loaded labels like that. They are “loaded” in the sense that being so labeled puts one entirely on one side or the other on the “scale” of ideological thought. I don’t want to be “weighed, measured and found wanting” according to any such [...]
Amistades
To have a friend you have to be a friend. Ever heard that one? Sounds a bit trite, redundant, circular and silly, but there is a lot of truth in it. I have spent the last four years with a small circle of people that comprised the family of my now ex. I did not [...]
Letting Go
I have the hardest time doing that…..uh, letting go. I would rather ride my problems into submission like a bronco-buster on the back of a wild mustang. Sometimes that approach can leave you with a few broken bones, or in my case, an extremely broken ego. Hanging on for dear life is the surest way [...]
My Wilson
Tom Hanks had his Wilson…now I got mine. He is a 3-month old beagle. Cute as a button, but right now he is driving me bloody mad. He has this “the whole world revolves around me” attitude. Much like the typical 2-year old human. I guess 3-months would put him about at that age, on [...]
The Pause
Life can be so confusing at times. We are faced with a never ending string of events and circumstances that seem to strain our decision-making faculties in the moment. Sometimes what seems to be the right decision in the moment, ends up being a disastrously wrong decision in the long run. And all the “Monday morning [...]
