5.5.14

feliz cinco de mayo ninos

5.4.14

old home number....

2.10.14

prasarita padottanasana

2.8.14

hiding out at the crocodile paradise

2.3.14

apex

this is just a reminder:
it's hard to be truly appreciative of what you have until it's taken away.  try though. try to appreciate it.  be grateful for what you have; not superficially grateful, but grateful as if in the very next moment you will lose it all.

10.25.13

my backyard

just a few days more then i'm heading to america!  i'm looking forward to the fall, the light, the cold, the colors, the pumpkins, my birthday! my bathtub, sweaters and socks, mulled cider and whiskey, driving, hiking, putting the cozy blankets back on the bed, seeing my family and more.

as lovely as it is to swim in the warm ocean, you just can't get cozy in the tropics. 

10.23.13

terrible day day

some people let a bad day ruin a good sunset.  but not you.

9.28.13

the boys get back day

it's been kind of nice to have the house to myself for the last week, but also kind of lonely.  i'm not sorry it's over.

9.15.13

cafe carola

9.2.13

lluvia

my three big goals of this year were 

1. to learn to surf
2. to get certified to teach yoga
3. to learn spanish

having bagged number 1 and 2 i figured it was time to do something about number three.  so, today was my first day of spanish lessons at intercultura.  i am literally so excited to be in school.  i forgot what a nerd i am. 

9.1.13

la piscina

you should come visit.  xx.

8.30.13

                                                                                          

                                                                                              bikes, beers, german breakfast 

it's good to be home new home number 28!

5.29.13

rain, read, relax

5.28.13

hello again new home number 28!

back in samara.  let the tropical downpour begin.

5.21.13

la ponderosa

5.20.13

pig day

so many animals, so many plants, so much heat, so much sand, so much rain, so many spiders, so much thunder, so much sweat, so much water, so much ocean, so many blisters, so much bug spray, so much sunscreen, so much mud, so much jungle.

for an almost complete list of animals spotted:

5.16.13

playa san miguel

this place is... wow.

5.15.13

pura vida

5.14.13

hello again new home number 28!

over the course of the last three years people have stopped greeting me with, "how are you?" and started greeting me with, "where are you?"  you, like many others, may be wondering where i am.  perhaps you are using this blog to try to figure that out.  first of all sorry i've become such a dismal failure at phoning.... and emailing;  second of all i'll try to be slightly less vague in this forum also.  
once again i am in costa rica.  i never expected life to take the turn that it has taken over the past year.  i never expected to become a most of the time resident of costa rica.  but i suppose the beauty of no hard plans is that without them a vacation can turn into a journey can turn into a quest can turn into an epic can turn into a love story can turn into a fairytale can turn into swiss family robinson.  or whatever.  
so, back in costa rica and that's why i haven't returned your calls.  it's starting to rain here in the afternoons now and the weather is cooler because of it.  the hills are greener, the tourists are scarcer, the imperial tastes sweeter.  consider this a postcard.  wish you were here. xx

4.24.13

student luncheon day