Once again I sit before the interminable blank page. The abyss. If I stop writing, I cease to exist. Hummingbird, La Sabana The past is...

Oops. The "Rapture" was a no show. Chortling cherubs. Okay. Time to clear the set. The Rapture was a no show . Ha ha. Sor...

So far, I haven't taken many photos this trip. The most notable ones I didn't take were of the billboards along Route 66 in Texas...

Here's some good news. In their recent election, Ecuador made an important step towards becoming a more consciously compassionate socie...

Sandhill Cranes in a Florida shopping mall last Sunday morning. This is what I love about Florida. I wish we were there now but we decided t...

Potty training at the sloth orphanage in Costa Rica. Aviarios del Caribe is in Cahuita. We passed the place a number of times when we were ...

In case you are wondering, we have been in Puerto Viejo the last four days staying at Pagalu , a hostel that does not offer wifi , just inte...

Okay. Okay. So we haven't seen a sloth. I don't even care. Who wants to see one anyway? They're just big slow-motion show of...

Woken up this morning before dawn by a band of Howler monkeys howling in the trees directly above our cabin. They went on for until after...

There are paths running through the trees at Alby's Lodge in Cahuite . Eight Capuchins passed right over our cabin this morning and th...

This little Capuchin monkey tried jumping, spitting (0:12), barking, shaking and throwing things to drive us away. Naturally, we obliged. I ...

The only way to Tortuguero is by boat or plane . We went by boat. View from Casa Marbella . This little Capuchin had a pretty g...

The trip to the Caribbean is on again. According to the Tico Times , while the rest of Costa Rica is getting pummeled by torrential rains an...

Good-bye baby turtles running to the sea. Good-by glassy blue water that is but a rumor to me. Good-bye Capuchin and Howler monkeys. Good...

The trip to the dentist went well. I may be done by Friday after all, which means we can still go to the coast, provided the road hasn...

Hello pandemonium of parrots. Hello Costa Rica rainy season. Hello all day at the dentist. I go back again tomorrow. I am having some crowns...

Giant moth. Costa Rica

View from inside the front door I really feel trapped at Casa Lunatic today. The woman who runs the place is kind of sweet and tough but fal...

Why do words vanish when I attempt to write them down? All day they flutter around me like butterflies. They are frolicking in the air when ...

We have been without internet for the last 24 hours due to a huge storm yesterday. It's the rainy season anyway but this one seemed wors...