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It’s a rather gloomy day, the first cloudy day in weeks. It’s my birthday and the atmosphere mirrors my mood. As one grows older birthdays tend to be tinged with…

Life is on the cusp of exploding with spring here. For a few minutes there is nothing except bright, diffuse light, the water flowing by, and long shoots of new…

A vulture soars by, wheels and circles a few times. The sight of it as the mind enters a meditative state opens the gates of perception to beauty again. Strange…

Three white teenagers rode their bikes down to the creek about 60 meters downstream. The older two looked like they were still in junior high school, about 14. The youngest…

A popular saying in regards to insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” I had gone into this friendship with Ariel with…

Since the last heartbreak, I had pretty much given up on dating and lost all faith in the female species in general.  When you are in an area that is…

When I look around Costa Rica in search of “the one” I sometimes feel like I am in a futile search looking for a characteristic is lacking in many of…

After the demon of an ex-roommate had been removed from my general vicinity, all of a sudden things seemed to immediately take a turn for the better and peace entered…