The Gal With The Machete SuzanneCosta Rica’s Best Kept Secret Reason to Move Here — Your Health!Yesterday we toddled off to our local clinic so my darling husband could have another blood draw. He’s being monitored for problems with…Oct 24, 2023Oct 24, 2023
The Gal With The Machete SuzanneRoad WorrierThat terrible accident the other day blocking the only paved intersection nearby the beaches? Not an accident, but it is concerning if you…Oct 15, 2023Oct 15, 2023
The Gal With The Machete SuzanneHunting Down NativityI’m going to puzzle over culture again, and include a cautionary tale of shopping in Costa Rica.Oct 13, 2023Oct 13, 2023
The Gal With The Machete SuzanneWatered DownThursday was a good illustration of the notion that Costa Rica is a second world nation attempting to be a first world nation that…Oct 8, 2023Oct 8, 2023
The Gal With The Machete SuzanneThe Real Damage Caused by PatriarchyA few days ago I did my usual beach walk. It was just so much harder than usual because it was high tide. I’d forgotten to check the tide…Oct 1, 2023Oct 1, 2023
The Gal With The Machete SuzanneSpeaking MonkeySwimming yesterday and encountered one of the reasons that makes all the problems with insane expats, mud, flood, and mayhem completely…Sep 11, 2023Sep 11, 2023
The Gal With The Machete SuzanneBeware the Ides of Something…It’s a well known fact that Ticos are polite, maybe too polite. They will smile and tell you everything is copacetic. Even in the face of…Sep 5, 2023Sep 5, 2023
The Gal With The Machete SuzanneCosta Rica — Where Oddballs Go To LiveToday — church, likely the last time I shall be attending there. Why? Asthma, very bad asthma involving portable nebulizer, copious drugs…Aug 14, 2023Aug 14, 2023
The Gal With The Machete SuzanneThe Long Slog of Consequences of Others ActionsWhen petty terrors go on and on and on…Aug 7, 2023Aug 7, 2023
The Gal With The Machete SuzanneOn Tico Time HereI erased my stories about the church secretary here after speaking with the policia, and filing a statement with them and my attorney. I am…Jul 13, 2023Jul 13, 2023