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When we arrived at the top I heard no words. I heard air rushing into lungs. I heard "hhhhhhhhhhhh!!" and "ohhhhhhhhhhhh...

This is my journal for today. See how neatly I started on a little thought? You can tell by how messy it gets about halfway through that...

Reading on the way to Puerto Viejo Since 2007 China has given Costa Rica hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid, autos, medic...

I didn't bring my camera this year on purpose. The only one that I have is a grainy thing on my Nokia slowphone, and I only use it if I...

That empty stool is where I sat tonight. Bocaditos is a bar that, if this is to be said of any business establishment in San Ramón,...

Nicas waiting in line to return to Costa Rica for work after spending December back home "Have you tried this sweet bread?"...

I've taken quite a few books to keep me company down here for the long, rainy nights and bright early mornings. There's a good m...

My house has a patio that I read on most days. In the rain it is my place to watch the rain not make me very wet. I look at the ...

I am leaving home for seven weeks four days from now. Before any large trip that I've ever undertaken there is always a moment, some...

"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU KIDS? HEY GET OVER HERE NOW!" He's got a shaved head, a muscular build and a tribal tattoo. I...

This is my house. Well, this is the house I live in. You see, I rent an apartment on the second floor just inside that door and up the ...

I usually write a lot about these, but there wasn't time this year. 10. Menomena - "Moms" (emotionally battering) 9. Du...

Among my favorite songs this year that won't make my top 10 albums was this slinky float trip of a tune. DeMarco ambles through a pleasa...

There are some kids in my alley that play all the time. It's great. I park my bike back there in the garage, so I see them severa...

This article  about Sudanese runner Guor Marial has been a small seed of thought planted in my mind for several days. It feels li...

This is TicaBus. TicaBus is not a company I have ever used, but TicaBus would like you to think that they go super fast. Look at that...

"How dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world" ...

"His answer trickled through my head like water through a sieve." - Lewis Carroll,  Haddocks' Eyes This is a photo ...