Posts Tagged ‘Costa Rica’
Why Oh Why Go Anywhere?
Plus we had a sleepless night when, after returning from a great Evening out with old time friends to find a next crises surrounding our daughter’s newly-divorced situation. All is well in that category now but carter the consort Had to expend great deal of energy to rectify. We’ll be home Past midnight — and it’s times likes these that one feels like never Going beyond ones own comfortable palace.
Read MoreThe World as We Create IT
Traveling in paradise, literally, because Costa Rica is not only a beautiful jungle dream land but also a country that has no army, so therefore all its resources, economic and humanitarian, are devoted to making life better for all its citizens and the entire world. Their motto is “Pura Vida”—pure life—and that is what it…
Read MoreA Great Idea!
hi friends, first of all, in honor of my new Skype spanish tutor from San Jose, Costa Rica, whose internet name is “gringuita” I am putting up something that i blogged about many many moons ago, but she found so interesting that she requested it. so here goes! Some of you who read Lordflea know…
Read MoreNever Give UP
hi friends, it’s a gorgeous day here in st. augustine, florida! the ocean is warming up after such a harsh nino-driven winter. the damaged plants are beginning to unfurl their bitterly bitten faces to the once again benevolent sun. trials, test, storms, continuous harshness–we have survived! just like the plants and animals in nature, we…
Read MoreThe personal touch
back at my desk after two weeks in costa rica, and days of catching up and dealing with… life! i first went to costa rica four years ago, and took with me my first digital camera and the above notebook. Once there, I decided to do what I’d been told to do in a dream…
Read Morea delicious meal from T Lord;s kitchen
i am on the last leg of my journey to costa rica, and am presently staying with our good friend, the mystical landscape painter tomas sanchez. using his computer is the first opportunity i;ve had to quietly and … peacefully share what;s been going on with lordflea. please excuse the peculiar typos, as…
Read Moredivertido en paradaiso–having fun in paradise!
hola mis amigos, my consort carter and i are on our way to the capitol of costa rica, to join our yoga friends for an evening of chanting and meditation, our favorite pasttime no matter where we are. whether in the city or the idyllic jungles of central america, nothing makes us happier than to…
Read MoreHola de la Pura Vida—hello from the Pure Life
Friends, here I am in Costa Rica, surrounded by the primoridal sound of howler monkeys waking me up, the toucans chirping me to sleep, and the smiling faces of the people, los ticos, greeting me wherever i go. After working hard on first a novel, and then a nonfiction proposal, my brain needed nothing but…
Read Morea picture is worth a thousand words—and then some
today…after finishing a nonfiction writing proposal, getting it in the mail to the editor, i choose to fly off to Costa Rica for the next two weeks. Have fun with whatever you’re doing in life, my dear friends. Me! I’m going to eat lots of fresh fruit, listen to the howler monkeys, and practice mi…
Read Moregathering community, the sangha
Friends, The importance of whom we hang with is the utmost for those of us on the spiritual path. The Vedic scriptures (the Upanishads) say, “choosing to live with knowledge of the Self is like walking the edge of the razor.” What does this mean?” It means every single thing we do COUNTS. What we…
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