Time for a Post~

I haven’t posted anything for weeks, it seems. It hasn’t been my fault. My government controlled Internet Company has kept me off line for some time now, which got me to thinking about time in general. How we perceive it. According to the definition, time is a human perception defined as the length of an

Book Reviews~

I’ve been writing book reviews as of late. Well, one book review, and the only book review I’ve ever written. I’m happy to say that my review of Mark Doty’s book, Heaven’s Coast, currently appears on the Internet Book Review’s (IRB) Web site in their November issue under their “Second Glance” section. Writing a review

Computer Poltergeists~

I have been grappling with the computer poltergeists. Alan and I were in San José (where they have high speed internet) and I punched the software update option on my aging (by computer standards) but still trusty Mac laptop. Why, yes, I thought, I do want that new security update. Later that day I could

The Meme Challenge~

Well, it served me right. There I was poking around in other people’s blogs yesterday. I visited my writer friend Ruth Douilette’s blog and discovered I’d been asked to publicly respond to a writing challenge: Write a meme about my strengths as a writer. Hmmm…… what’s meme, I thought? I looked in my trusty Oxford

Blog Fatigue~

     I’ve been feeling a bit “bloggy” as of late. There are quite a few reasons for this:     A) I signed up for a MediaBistro personal essay class– a mistake, but who would have known (except Gary Presley who said, more or less, I told you so). So I’m still busy subbing and critting stuff over there, but I’m

The Kingbird Convention

Tropical Kingbirds in an avacado tree-photo by Jack Chamberlain Yesterday, at lunch, we had the most spectacular show. Swooping down out of the sky came a whole flock of birds we have never seen here before. They had absolutely no fear of the Kiskadees, who screamed their lungs out at them and finally left in

Wanted: Virus. Short-term Use Only~

We have decided to list our classic 1976 GMC motor home for sale. Now that we live in Costa Rica full time there is really no need to keep it. It’s hard to let go of, as they are rare and ours is in immaculate condition. But time marches on. At 9 MPG it’s a

Secretarial or Procurement~

procure |prəˈkyoŏr; prō-| |prəˌkju(ə)r| |proʊˌkjʊ(ə)r| |prəˌkjʊə|verb [ trans. ]1. obtain (something), esp. with care or effort : food procured for the rebels | [with two objs. ] he persuaded a friend to procure him a ticket. See note at get. I’ve been beavering through my files this morning looking for some lost papers, and wonder how

Some Thoughts on My Father-in-law

I found this in my files this morning. The Word document says I wrote it August 18, 2006, just a year ago. I thought I would post it as a memorial to my father-in-law, Jonas Hammack, who died Wednsday, September 5, 2007. He was 92. He shuffles toward the opposite end of the field, his

LBJ’s

This picture was taken on August 18th. Three weeks later the nest is empty, the chicks gone. We first noticed the nest because the bush is right off our front porch, at the bottom of the stairs leading out into the yard. Alan saw a small seedeater fly into the bush and went to investigate.