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Apr
27
hazards of the rainy season
Filed Under weather | 21 Comments
we’re sneaking up on my favorite tropical time of the year, winter - aka the green season, or the rainy season. i’ve been loving the gradual change in panama’s weather. around the second week in April, the harsh summer sun gave way to winter’s brooding clouds, violent downpours began to roll in from the pacific […]
Apr
25
i’ve always loved baseball. when i was a lad my hero was luis tiant of the boston red sox. el tiante, was a charismatic, Cuban hurler, who smoked fat cigars, and had this crazy, twisty motion. he’d pause at the top of his windup, then roll his eyes to the heavens, or over to a […]
Apr
21
“i am here for a reason, these moments run into pages, the seamy side of life.” arturo bandini
san jose costa rica - i was alone then. what the hell i said. i was turning 50. and i was running out of time.
tonight my little friend had locked herself in the hotel bathroom. alex, out of […]
Apr
17
more unpaid publishing credits
Filed Under Reviews | 7 Comments
now i know exactly how Hemingway must have felt just before he put a gun in his mouth.
what you see here is the new print edition of the panama report. hurry - it’s moving fast. i had to wrestle this copy from the bony hands of a crone. she was using it to shield […]
Apr
16
news roundup
Filed Under News | 4 Comments
speaking of squabbling writers - why did mario vargas llosa sucker punch gabriel garcia marquez in a Mexican cinema?
if you’ve ever been punched in a mexican cinema, you know it hurts like hell. i’m a fan of both of these guys. in fact, i just picked up a worn copy of mario […]
Apr
13
american woman brutally murdered in panama
Filed Under News, crime | 18 Comments
here’s the flip side to my recent article about living cheaply and safely in panama. check out this new york post story about a staten island philanthropist who came to panama to invest, and start up a bed and breakfast. the wealthy widow was staying just down the street from me, in the edificio Atlantis, […]