I always felt Thomas and I were a match in spirit, though our language kept us from expressing ourselves fully. He, Panamanian biologist, living humbly, sweetly in El Valle de Anton Panama, as father, protector and steward. Me, Gringa – crazy about plants and all things ‘good’.
To approach his farm, you take the long asphalt [...]
Here in Panama, the litter and trash problem is unreal. Rivers, mountainsides and any roadside ditch is filled with plastic bottles, juice boxes and millions of these colored plastic bags. Every time you buy anything at a store they double bag your item in these very inexpensive, blue, red or yellow baggies. I have been [...]
Living in Panama, especially the quaint little town of El Valle, we are limited in our restaurant choices and even so, the menus are all the same. Chicken and rice, Corvina and rice or french fries if you prefer….etc. etc. So foods we would have normally ‘gone out’ for are something we either do [...]
A lot of people ask me what I do with ALL my time here in Panama. Well besides working on my arts, learning to be a better cook, gardening and so on, I also do the cleaning. With a simple modern house, the idea of the clean lines, well is just that. Clean lines. But [...]
No, its not a little monkey or caged bird but a strange stinky mixture that I have hopes will be a key to success in bread making. I have made three attempts at bread making thus far, and each go I learn a little more of what maybe worked and what did not, never yet [...]