Life's More Real

 Hi Blog! Every few years I pop on here and see people read this thing and leave comments. Crazy! After watching Hamilton on Disney like the...

Living overseas can be rough, but one learns to adapt. We heard about a new stand up paddle board club not far from the city. It was a ne...

A year and a half in and Panama still manages to bemuse, frustrate, confound and entertain me. We started year two by moving to Casco Viejo...

When I lived in Oregon, my big material ambition was to own a farm. I wanted some land so I could live off it. A huge garden, a few animals...

My life has reached a tipping point. I officially like the food I cook more than I like eating out, almost anywhere. Today, in abou...

My recent trip back to Oregon for Christmas got me thinking again about life in Panama versus life in the United States. We did Christmas...

I promised about 100 kids that I would write them a post card from Panama. I wasn't expecting 100 of my students to put their addresses...