“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” - James Dean
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 19th, 2008
Back in March of 2007, I took a trip to the Chiriquí Grande area to have a look at some construction work that the US Army was doing in Panama. Today as I was searching for something on the Internet, I stumbled on some videos that were made on a subsequent project of the Army.
The [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jun 15th, 2008
The Living In Potrerillos blog has a video of Allison Staff, who is the 11 year old young lady from Chiriquí, that won the national singing competition in Panama City. If you missed getting to see here perform, as I did, this will provide a small substitute.
Recent posts, in the same blog, have other videos [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jun 1st, 2008
My grandson Noah’s football season ended yesterday. Thanks to the Internet, I was able to watch the game this morning. Noah’s team is called the Lions and based on the season they had, you could hear the Lions roar all the way to Panama.
Here is a photo of the 2008 Lion team. Noah (number 80) [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on May 4th, 2008
One of the difficult things, for a grandfather, is not being close enough to the grandkids to be a part of their lives. I would love to go to their sports events or band events or even to go on a picnic.
However, living as far away as Panama prevents that. Fortunately the Internet helps to [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Apr 9th, 2008
It appears that Sofia’s virus has returned. It has been seven days since out last trip to the hospital and we are getting ready to return. She has been fine for at least 5 days.
I heard that four children in Bocas had died from what sounds like a similar virus. Vomiting, diarrhea.
If you are in [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Apr 5th, 2008
Yesterday afternoon, we went to visit my good friends (Ken and Sharon) at Playa La Barqueta. Sofia loved their swimming pool, and getting to walk on the beach.
She also was impressed with Ken’s kite. I was impressed myself. Ken said that there was usually enough wind on the beach, that it would stay up for [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Apr 4th, 2008
Yesterday, Carson had his first haircut on his birthday. His proud mom watches. To see the other photos of the event, go HERE.
Posted in Panama Journal on Apr 2nd, 2008
Retirement in Panama has provided me the time to sit back and observe the everyday things in life more than I ever did when I was in the corporate rat race. The Internet is a wonderful thing for those who have a little time on their hands and want to learn something or want to [...]
Posted in Doctors, Healthcare on Apr 2nd, 2008
Yesterday, I went with Dr. Sussan and her daughter, Sofia, to visit friends at Optica Lopez. Dr Sussan used to be the doctor you would see, if you went to have your vision checked. It was on one such a visit, that I got to meet this group of young ladies, excluding Martha.
Optica Lopez was [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 24th, 2008
This photo of my grandson, Carson, comes from my daughter’s blog. To see the rest of this series, go HERE.
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