Tag: life
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Homeownership after RV Life
So I own a home now. Well, technically, the bank owns it, and I make payments. For the first couple of weeks it was very challenging to spread out into more than one room. I was keeping most things in the living room. I mean, my last residence – my tiny home on wheels –…
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Visiting & Revisiting
Each year, except during the recent plague, my high school hosts Alumni Weekend in early June. I waited until my 20th reunion year to return, as it took me that long to feel confident enough to stand next to the very accomplished, financially and professionally successful peers from my past. This is year 38, so…
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Pura Vida
It is 6:30 a.m. in Costa Rica. Songs and chatter from unseen birds fill the air. I recognize only the cooing sound of maybe mourning doves. Now and then howler monkeys shout from a distance. Chirping, crowing, tweeting. Macaws flew over us yesterday making loud parrot screeches. There are small, quieter, green parrots too, and…
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Bugs love me
I think dogs all love me, even if they growl a bit. I know that not all humans are fans of my dark humor and frequent moodiness. Bugs, though, especially the bitey ones, love me. Mosquitos, gnats, invisible little stinging demons, they gather around me no matter what hair color or perfume or bug repellent…
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