Blog Entries tagged 'guanacaste'

Who Stopped the Rain?

tom@puebloverde.org — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening. (Oliver Wendell Holmes)

The truth is that it is not raining much this year in Guanacaste. Depending on your area, perspective or source of data, we may be 80% below last year. Recent national forecasts say we'll get something substantial in September and October. Maybe corn farmers will have b [...]

Just One of Those Days

tom@puebloverde.org — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:00:00 +0100

When something can go wrong, it will.
Murphy's Law

Now I know how investors feel. You watch it going down, down, down. A feeling of complete impotency. You're suddenly at the mercy of forces beyond your control. It all happens so fast. Later comes the comprehension, the "what if we had only..." Then you pick up the pieces and move on. Fortunately no one was hurt.

For me, it [...]

Surfing the Crash

tom@puebloverde.org — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Two riders were approaching, and the wind begins to howl.....

The howling winds of February visited many parts of Guanacaste with a level of damage that made you sit up and take note. One neighbor lost a temporary house. Branches and whole trees were down everywhere and green mangoes literally carpeted the yards and streets. In the next town an elderly gent had his morning routine interrupted when the outhouse blew away from around the throne.

For me it has been a windfall of sort [...]

Back to the Future�Building with Wood

tom@puebloverde.org — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:00:00 +0100

You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters. Saint Bernard

At the age of 104, Clemente Campos is less of a threat to the womenfolk of Guanacaste than in the good old days. His son Gregorio recounts how, with the harvest stored away, his dad would mount up and ride off for months at a time [...]

Rx for the Malaise of Development

tom@puebloverde.org — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Learning to think like a watershed

Admit it. Rumors can be a great source of local information.

As soon as the fancy hotel in Papagayo was closed for soiling its own nest, the Gold Coast Grapevine served up a tasty and hilarious morsel last week. It seems that the recent closure was temporary. They [...]

Ruminations on Cattle Culture

tom@puebloverde.org — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:00:00 +0100

The earth turns to gold in the hands of the wise-Rumi, Persian mystic

My intent was to write a piece on the changing seasons. After all, it is a great time to see how your land survived the 10 feet of rain, decide whether you really want to water all those plants all summer long and begin to plan for the next possible deluge.