I’ve added a new talent to my ever-expanding resume. These are important additions now that I am perpetually unemployed. In the way of introduction, my Favorite Panamanian always establishes a close relationship with the caretaker dudes for our condo complex. She remembers them at Christmas and always brings snacks back for them when we make our forays back to what qualifies for civilization. A result of these kindnesses is they will do virtually anything she asks of them. Our property is blessed with a lot of palm trees with ample coconuts. My Favorite Panamanian loves fresh coconut water and you can do the math. My new talent? Coconut catcher.
The Drop
The
caretaker climbed the palm tree and detached the coconuts and I was charged
with catching them they dropped. It’s actually easier than it sounds and well
within my talent range (I hasten to add). By the time we were finished the tree
was nearly denuded. My wife and the caretaker were extolling the virtues of coconut
water and trying (unsuccessfully) to get me to try it. The caretaker started
tapping the downed coconuts and my wife soon had a gallon worth of the stuff
and a bunch of leftover coconuts which now adorn our condo’s front door.
The Tapping
Outside our Front Door
We
had a very fun First Friday Family Facetime call last night. The overriding subject
was Panama since everybody on the call will be visiting us here within the next
month. Score!!! The BRS had a stomach bug and when she reported this to her parents
the first thing she asked was “This won’t keep us from going to Panama will it?”. I love that kid. As you can see from the photo, the FBR was up
to her usual profiling behavior, she can ooze attitude when she wants.
The Call Last Night
Beach This Morning 
With My Favorite Walking Partner
For
those of you who were worried about my boogie boarding career and the sub-standard
waves we experienced last year, not to worry. The Las Lajas surf has returned
to its natural height and strength. I’ve already been flipped twice. I had a
mild sphincter shrinking experience earlier this week as one of the waves
loomed over me prior to breaking. A fairly small manta ray was soaring through
the wave directly in front of me. I had no desire to make its intimate acquaintance,
especially since I had the misfortune of watching a Discovery program which
said rays were a staple diet for sharks. I’ve never seen a shark here and I’m
not seeking that in any way, shape or manner. I come from the Jaws generation.
I declared victory and headed for shore after the ray and I passed each other.
She is So Cute!
Sunset Last Night
RECURRING CHARACTERS:
ABFA – Amazing Best Family
Athlete - my daughter
in law; BR3 – Blog Reader #3 – granddaughter
#3; BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel -
second granddaughter; Cantankerous Friend – friend since grade school who likes to argue
about everything, poses as radical leftist to attract women; CRC - Connecticut
Riverboat Captain – another close friend from high school, renowned sailor
of the big river; Curbside Girls – close
friends of my daughter acquired during him her single days in Brooklyn; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which
grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of
course); FBR - First Blog Reader -
first granddaughter; First Friday –
celebrations to mark the First Friday of the Week; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Keene
Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene,
NH; Kindergarten Friend – friend
since kindergarten whom I reunited with after many years; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife –
her US sisters, my wife is the 3rd Musquetera (musketeer); Namesake Nephew –
son of Great Aunt and Soxfather named after me; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia
member; PanaGals – female relatives /friends
of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin
Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we
have lived & their spouses; PCR - Pittsburgh College Roommate– high
school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; PCR+1 - Pittsburgh College Roommate’s wife; Riggins - also known as the
Grandpuppy, son's dog; Soxfather -
my brother in law; Tia Loca – wife’s younger sister; Wingman – my son in law; Wingmom – Wingman’s mom, of course
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