Day: December 28, 2007

Agua Blanca en Costa Rica

Iron supplements are sure hard on a gal’s system, it seems. I’ve had to stay close to bed the last two days. Boring and frustrating. Whatever, so long as I’m back to my glorious self in two weeks when I leave for Guatemala. When I first told Yo-Nenny about my idea for this trip she said, “It’s good you’re doing some of these things in your twilight years.” My current plan is to hang out […]

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Two Sweeping Statements & One Confused Cliché

Last week Mom told me about a wealthy old lady of her childhood acquaintance, who had all the possessions she could possibly want but continued to desire one thing: I collect sweeping statements. They don’t take up any storage room. They don’t have to be dusted or polished. I can take them out to look at them any time I want and then put them back. She’d recently overheard one distinguished, elderly woman chastise another: […]

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