tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74374175934877769642011-11-27T18:59:12.779-05:00Mantamammahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649991025988219742noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437417593487776964.post-6514083359241287092008-09-30T18:15:00.001-04:002008-09-30T18:19:00.765-04:00

So, I signed up for this really cool site called couchsurfing.com which is a tool travelers use to share their lives with hosts who are interested in sharing their world from all kinds of places in this world. Garret, the youngest son of one of my best friends, Robin Morgan, suggested I check out the page last year, and when I did, I was really impressed with the mission of the couch surfing

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Marcos, from Punta Laurel, has been here daily, cutting lumber for my bodega/water catchment/guest house on top of the hill. I have been filled with awe daily as I watch the entire process of trees transforming into building lumber. Marcos carefully fells each tree making certain it doesn't hit the good trees, then cuts it into sections either 6 or 10 foot in length. With an unfathomable

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I think I am a living oxymoron. All the luxuries and none of the comforts? Hmmmm... Home is where the heart is, isn't it? Even without upholstered furniture?I am sitting on my deck in Loma Partida, sipping on a glass of 2006 Ventisquero Reserve chardonnay, watching the stillness of the cayucos dotting the vast waters of Laguna Chiriqui which melt into a horizon spanned by seemingly endless

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I worked today as a mime for a wonderful, warm-hearted couple, Casey and Casey Townsend, making their first independent film under the name of Gimcrackery Video Productions. The young couple posted a notice on Craigslist looking for background actors to volunteer to work as mimes for an afternoon. This was a non-paying job, with a copy of the film as the only compensation. I signed up to check it

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I am planning on embarking on a bohemian journey this summer, living with my two dogs in my pick up truck, using Craigslist as the source for everything I need as I travel about the US. Yep, I love Craigslist, what they do, what they stand for, and an admirer of Jim Buckmaster who led Craigslist to be one of the world's most popular websites while maintaining its public service mission.I

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Well, tomorrow is my 52nd birthday. That sounds really old, but I don't feel old - at least I don't feel as wise as I always thought I might be when I grew up...oh well.I have been at my home on Loma Partida for the last month, moving at the pace of a slug, and, to my surprise, loving it. I didn't have any major objectives when I came back this time, no emergency squatters, no visa problems for

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One of the most multi-sensory experiences on this journey was a visit to the Maasai markets. Wow! Between the sights, sounds, smells and heat, every sense was challenged. This particular market was a days travel, and held monthly, so needless to say, I stayed in less than comfortable accommodations which I would just as soon forget about. There are a plethora of different markets in the

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I wish I could talk with all of you so that you could see the excitement on my face as I told you my stories, or at least hear the intonation in my voice, but I haven't stayed at a place with a phone since my first night in Dar Es Salaam. There are so many interesting things to tell you about! I am back at my hotel in Arusha - the first night I arrived here over a week

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The God's must be crazy! Erin told me Africa was a cold continent with a hot sun, and hot it is! Admittedly, it was cool in the night in Arusha, cool enough for a blanket, but most of my experience to date has been HOT and DRY! It i time for another update on this trip, and each time I have tried in the past, the power goes off and I have lost my email. Darn! I have been overhelmed by

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Part of me wishes I were following tradition and writing Christmas letters at this time, but my life is changing, and so must my traditions. Emails seem so impersonal, but we all live so far apart, in different countries, different states, and emails work -for the most part. Distance, however, does not make my friends and family any less important to me, it only makes it more difficult to

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