Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Doing Good Deeds

I recently met someone who takes doing good deeds extremely seriously. I met Tom McCormack and learned a bit about all the amazing things he does in Panama. It started with my good friend Haydeé who is a special ed … Continue reading

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Moving Abroad – Health Care – NY Times Article

I was contacted recently by Tim Gray, a writer for the NY Times. He’s an excellent journalist, a really nice guy, and I’ve enjoyed our conversations and correspondence a lot. He’s written an article about health care and insurance options … Continue reading

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this is only a test

The question can links have different colors and other aspects in a blog? this is a red LINK and a green LINK. I also added “big” tags to make the text bigger. This is bold and italics and another color HERE I … Continue reading

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A Birthday!

Today is the birthday of my partner, best friend, fellow blogger, and husband. We met in 1990 when we were both living in Kansas, and married in 1996. If you’d told me back then that we would be living in … Continue reading

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A Bloggers Get Together!

When you follow and interact with another blogger for awhile, you get to be friends so it’s a real pleasure when you have an opportunity to spend time in person. Karen (of In Da Campo) and her spousal unit (SU) … Continue reading

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A Good Deal on the Boquete Tree Trek

Oferta Simple has another deal on the Boquete Tree Trek where we went recently. Click HERE to go check it out – $78 a night which includes breakfast and a zip line adventure or coffee tour. I think it’s a … Continue reading

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Bloggers Fun Day Out in Boquete!

Our friends Connie (Our Third Life – Pedasi)  and Mikkel from Pedasi came to David to do a few things, and figured while they were here they would go to the Tuesday market in Boquete. Since Holly (Let the Adventure … Continue reading

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Retirement in Panama is Getting Better

From an article in US News by Kathleen Peddicord. I think Kathleen Peddicord is part of the hype machine that can mislead people about the realities of living in Panama, so always check your facts and do your own homework … Continue reading

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Más Feliz Navidad (More Merry Christmas)

We had a great time on Christmas Eve, but on Christmas day there was more. My Spanish teacher and friend called to invite me to her house for an afternoon party. She spent so much time on line trying to … Continue reading

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My Friends are Land Owners

My friends Holly and Scott have been looking at land, found a piece they liked, and have successfully become the owners of it. We just spend a couple wonderful days with them in Boquete, so of course we were curious … Continue reading

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