Living Overseas Part-Time: Dream … to … Reality
I just love the Friday morning Farmers' Market - known in Costa Rica as "The Feria." All over the country, these markets are held in communities large and small. Farmers and vendors from the surrounding areas bring in their produce, baked goods, special products, and anything else they want to sell, set up their wares,… Continue reading Friday Feria – Farmers’ Market Fun
Sometimes I am engrossed in something interesting, and I discover something else equally fascinating that just appears in my experience. That is what happened as I began searching for sea glass recently (see my previous post). As I searched the beach for sea glass, I began to notice small pieces of tile washed up on… Continue reading Sea Tiles and Wondering
I am amazed at what washes ashore every day on the Jaco beach here in Costa Rica. Of course, rocks lead the pack, but I've also become intrigued with the sea glass and sea tiles that find their way to our backyard beach. A friend of ours here introduced me to sea glass - and… Continue reading Sea Glass and Sea Tiles – New Backyard Friends
We had the most enjoyable surprise this week! Twenty-five years ago, when we lived in Costa Rica full time (eleven years), and our children were young, a delightful family from Korea moved into the house next to ours in San Jose. The couple did not speak English, but through all of our various levels of… Continue reading Expat to Expat – Friendships Endure
(Whistling Duck sits on a palm frond.) It's been exactly one month since I retired from full-time work as an executive director of a nonprofit organization. It's hard to believe it's been a month already. There were so many, many months of planning, thinking, dreaming, packing, moving, etc. And, here we are. ccv Some aspects… Continue reading One Month and Counting…
I’ve shared in previous blogs about the energy and spirit of Jaco, Costa Rica. Today, I’d like to share about a group of people in the community who are intent on helping people, serving the community, and honoring their Creator in the process. We became acquainted with Horizon Church several years ago when we began… Continue reading People Helping People
I left you last time as I was boarding an imaginary train to our new life as part-time expats in Indiana and Costa Rica. We arrived safely in Costa Rica on Tuesday (yesterday), and we have been settling in today. Here is a list of activities on our first full day in our new life.… Continue reading The Second Train Arrives – in Jaco, Costa Rica
Well . . . it has happened. I am officially retired – or as I have been telling people – “I’m not retiring, I’m just changing activities.” And that’s really what I am doing. I am not planning to wind down, reduce my effectiveness, or lessen my contributions to the world. I am just changing… Continue reading Hopping From One Train to Another
Many of my readers know that my wife and I have been on a several-years plan to eventually split our time between Indiana and Costa Rica, thus being "part-time expats." We think of ourselves that way now because we already spend a lot of time in Costa Rica. But the real transition will take place… Continue reading It’s Getting Closer
During our visit with our part-time expat son and daughter-in-law in Spain, we hopped a plane and spent a weekend in Morocco. An earlier post shared our experiences in The Blue City (Chefchaouen). Here I'd like to share some photos of Fez or Fes, Morocco. I've tried to research the correct spelling because I see… Continue reading Fes or Fez? Who Knows? Either Way, It’s Great.