Save the funny papers! Save the newspapers. Hell, save the butcher papers. I wonder if there is plastic in the pages of the New Yorker? I can’t keep up with my subscription to New Yorker magazine. I might as well use those unread copies for wrapping. I was horrified to learn some facts about the … Continue reading
Alert! Your credit on flowers.com is about to expire! Oh, no. I can’t let that happen. I hafta send flowers to someone. Anyone. Wait a minute! How did I earn credit when I haven’t used flowers.com in well over a year? Delete! And then there’s an email from Amazon: Last-minute gifts still available! … Continue reading
‘Tis the season! Every year I say I’m NOT going to get caught up in the commercialism of Christmas. When the kids were little and I overindulged them, as most of America does every year – and then we pay off the credit cards all year long and start over next Christmas. One year I said, … Continue reading
Christmas is a big deal to expats. It’s also a big deal to Costa Ricans … but there are huge differences … at least there used to be. I was a single parent for most of my kids’ lives. Although I had a teaching degree, I worked as a real estate agent in Santa Cruz, California. … Continue reading
Grab an angel from Tina’s tree and be an angel for a child at Christmas time! Eight years ago Tina Newton started a tradition of the Angel Tree, which is set up at Su Espacio, her community center in Atenas. I’ve been attending Dance-Fit classes regularly, which are led by Tina on Tuesdays and Thursdays. On a Tuesday in early … Continue reading
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