Author Archives: Kris Cunningham

A friend sent me this article recently. This Is What Life Without Retirement Savings Looks Like. It talks about the financial issues facing many seniors. As a home health nurse, I worked with many seniors. I saw many who struggled.  There … Continue reading →

This morning, the installation of our water tank was completed, and it’s wonderful. You can keep water on hand to see you through outages and do laundry at midnight if you have to. Washing dishes without running water is more … Continue reading →

A lot of things are very much like the US, and other things are not. It keeps life interesting. We are getting a water tank installed here (more on that later) I awoke to our neighbor calling from outside the … Continue reading →

I’ve been riding my bike in the late afternoon lately. It’s cooler, I feel better later in the day, and I’ve seen some gorgeous skies. It’s also fun because there are lots of other people out walking, running, biking, and … Continue reading →

His GoFundMe page says COPD Can’t Beat Me! That’s Richard, grabbing life with both hands, no matter what. We met Richard when he was living here in Panama and had a motorcycle for sale. We decided a motorcycle wasn’t the … Continue reading →

I ran across this article HERE. It’s about a town in England who filled the gaps in services between agencies and community groups, and employed “community connectors” to find ways to connect lonely people with others and get them the … Continue reading →

We renewed our passports by mail, and picked up our new ones today. Yay! I wrote about the application process here. It was a bunch of various steps but we eventually got it all done. The next thing was to … Continue reading →

You usually don’t think of those two words together. But, I recently came across this video of Mirna Valerio. She runs marathons and ultra marathons, and weighs 250 pounds. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5002502/Mirna-Valerio-runs-ultramarathons-weighs-250-pounds.html) I’ve heard about her before and follow her blog. http://fatgirlrunning-fatrunner.blogspot.com/  What … Continue reading →

There is nothing like doing without to make you appreciate something. People in Panama don’t always have water. The government is addressing the problem and has allocated money to build and upgrade systems. But right now, it is summer when … Continue reading →

It’s Carnavales time in Panama now, a four day holiday involving loud music and water hoses in various towns, families hanging out together, maybe swimming in the nearest river, and people generally enjoying time off. The idea is to let … Continue reading →