Retirement
Hi, Perhaps you’ve noticed that my missives from the Dominican have been quite infrequent over the past year or so? Even if you have noticed, I imagine that you’re coping nicely. Life for others does seem to go on as before, even if the center of my own little universe has shifted some. At present, […]
Hi, If the Italians living in my neighborhood when I was growing up ever played Bocci they played somewhere else. But there were enough Italians talking about Bocce that all of us kids knew that the Italian game of bowls existed. We picked up lots of arcane cultural knowledge from the Italians, the Poles and […]
Hi, You may or may not remember the joy that came with our purchase of a General Master semi-automatic clothes washing machine a couple of years ago. Suffice it to say that the General Master has been a continuing, if not enduring, source of pleasure in our simplified lives. It provides just the right amount […]
Hi, The end of the year and approaching dry season find us both healthy and happy here in Las Galeras, this year more relaxed than last. This is most certainly because of the number of projects completed around the immediate vicinity of the house last year. It’s not like there’s a shortage of worthy work […]
Hi, It’s a Sunday afternoon in Las Galeras, just as it is where you are; but the similarities may stop right there. For one thing, we’re an hour ahead of the East Coast; four ahead of the West and–well, you get that drift. But it’s remarkably different here from where you are today. For one […]