on the cusp of a new year. let's see how this one shakes out.
I'm quite happy with this postcard. It's an iPhone photo using Hipstamatic to create the vibrance. The creature is so marvelous, one of...
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karenleehall
Sep 16, 20231 min read
Bamboo
I live where bamboo grows. It sprouts in a spray like fireworks caught in a snapshot. Visually dramatic, it is 3 stories high. Tall and...
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karenleehall
Jun 27, 20224 min read
Define Fair
A man gets up on a Saturday morning to find the kids sprawled across the living room deep asleep. This slumber party lasted till dawn,...
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karenleehall
May 13, 20223 min read
How do you know if a cat has dementia?
I love watching the cat, always have. Although he’s not my cat, he’s my cat as much as any cat. I’ve known him all his life, like an...
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karenleehall
May 2, 20223 min read
On Aging
It’s an old story, the one entitled: Youth is Wasted on the Young. But seriously, how true is that? I remember having some fun times...
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karenleehall
Sep 27, 20212 min read
Mansion's Flatiron Building
Stools in the sunlight. waiting for a customer, not going anywhere embedded in the cement. stools enjoying the light, enjoying the shade....
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karenleehall
Sep 27, 20211 min read
Untitled #20 (the Farm Series)
A man on his land, surrounded by cane. We visited some friends of friends in a far-off place called Pirris. One gets there via a...
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karenleehall
Sep 27, 20211 min read
Untitled #15 (the Farm Series)
Sugar and sugarcane are the business of this landholding family we visited one weekend in Pirris, near Parrita, Costa Rica. This lovely...
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karenleehall
Sep 27, 20211 min read
On the Wall
We met Walberto because he is the brother of Mincho, the guy who took care of our car at the time. As Mincho had a business as a car...
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karenleehall
Sep 27, 20211 min read
Grace, Donkey
This photo was taken in 2007 at a farm where a friend works in Parrita, Costa Rica. At the time, rural life was completely alien to me. I...
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karenleehall
Sep 27, 20211 min read
Time Makes Its Case
On the road to Turrialba, one of Costa Rica’s most beautiful volcanos, we stopped at a roadside soda for lunch. The food was fine, the...
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karenleehall
Sep 27, 20211 min read
Good Catholics
This photo was taken looking through the window of a bakery in Heredia, Costa Rica. 2007. While walking to the market for our favourite...
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karenleehall
Sep 27, 20211 min read
The Neighbor's Dog
Costa Rica is dog country. (And cow country, horse country, bird, bat, iguana, crocodile, butterfly, and insect country. But that’s...
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karenleehall
Sep 27, 20211 min read
Family & Familia
This weekend we went to San Jose. To see the family. There was a birthday to be celebrated. My brother-in-law’s birthday. And as always,...
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karenleehall
Sep 27, 20215 min read
Ship's Log: Entry #15 Dec 26-30, 2013
Dec 26 Thursday The holiday is over, (day being the operative word here). Yesterday was divine. Yet we jump out of bed stoked with the...
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karenleehall
Sep 27, 20213 min read
Love Lessons from the Cook Fire
These past months have been spent cooking over a fire. Regular and ritual, I sit by the fire every day. It’s been pretty cool, most days....
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karenleehall
Sep 27, 20214 min read
Ship's Log: Entry #14 Dec 24 & 25, 2013
Dec 24 Tuesday Christmas Eve The 5 am alarm is for me alone today, a trade off for the gift of sleep while Harry worked half the night....
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karenleehall
Sep 27, 20215 min read
Ships Log: Entry #13 Dec 23, 2013
Monday It’s a big day for us. We’re going with Don Eloy, friend and former owner of our place, to plead our case at Coopeguancaste. This...
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karenleehall
Sep 27, 20219 min read
Ships Log: Entry #12 Dec 17 - 22, 2013
Dec 17, 2013 Tuesday The last day of Shore Leave never goes as planned. But why, though? There were so many days before this one where...
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