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Live, in Costa Rica!
Finally, we are Home. This is our house. We live on top of a mountain called Tierra del Verano; Summerland. At the bottom of the mountain path (100 meters long, and 125 meters down from our house) is the highway that connects San Isidro, the 2nd largest city in the country, and Dominical, one of the best surfing beaches in the western hemisphere. This morning, my kids and I swam in the pool, hunted for bugs, and ate pickled vegetables [...]
It’s time for me to go home.
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The Highland Roots
This weekend, I took my children to The Highland Games, so I could expose them to the community of Scots from whence they came. Indilea loves the idea of cousins. She has always wanted cousins. This weekend, I gave her more cousins than she could count. My children and I all share a middle name: MacTavish. This was my bachelor name, before I married, and I now have it as my middle name (Caelan MacTavish Huntress). My daughter (Indilea Day [...]
New Resume
As I'm sure you know, the economy stinks. Looking for a job in Portland (a digitally-savvy city) for a job in digital media (where there are lots of unemployed digital media enthusiasts) is like walking into a refugee camp and asking for a Denver omelette with a side of bacon. Other people are eating, sure, but they don't exactly have enough to share. Go forage on your own, kid. I've tried, with varying degrees of success, to find my own [...]
Shedding Stuff and Juggling Drunk
I lost my backpack this weekend. And it didn’t even phase me. I’m a Capricorn. I am notoriously addicted to stuff. While not exactly a hoarder, I could easily be called a collector…and maybe even an over-packer. I like to be well stocked and supplied. Okay, I’m a hoarder. When we move to Costa Rica in 35 days, we all have two suitcases each. (And a carryon bag. And everything I can put in my pockets, belt pouches, and under [...]
Relaxing from my Center
It’s only because I am consciously rocking the gut this summer that I noticed: I have been continually holding tension in my abdomen. Tight in my center. That’s me. This unfortunate side effect of staying in shape has created energetic blocks between myself and what I want to manifest. By staying tense, pulling in my gut whenever I’m in public, keeping the habit of tension when I’m in private, I have kept myself from fully relaxing into the present [...]