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Since the beginning of our relationship one thing that I have admired, found attractive, and loved, is Petra’s skill at sewing and making her own clothing. She has a very good eye for beautiful fabrics. She sees a fabric she likes, buys a piece of it, and in two half-days she makes a dressRead More →

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Mi padre que en paz descanse solía llamarme tragaldabas porque yo siempre tenía buen apetito. Es un vocablo de muchos años que significa alguien que traga mucho o come mucho. Aldaba es un pestillo o puede ser también, según el DRAE una “pieza de hierro o bronce que se poneRead More →

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  Adina, Petra and I visited Osterfinger for the 10th anniversary of the “Sonntagsgärten” show, and enjoyed the beautiful gardens from the local residents. In one of them I captured this image that I dedicate to Petra.   You can zoom in and out on the map to see thatRead More →

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Organic produce from our garden! Clockwise from top: green beans, radishes, cucumber, zucchini, potatoes, blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, arugula, fennel, cauliflower, red-leaf lettuce, rosemary & bean herbs (aka savory), beet.Read More →

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I grew up in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. It was an independent municipality before it was incorporated into San Juan, the capital city. Río Piedras holds a special place in my heart because it is where I first entered a movie theater as a young pre-teenager boy. It was calledRead More →

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The Corcovado National Park of Costa Rica was famously labeled by National Geographic as “the most biologically intense place on Earth” representing 2.5% of the Planet’s biodiversity. In it we did a 4 day/3 night tour guided by a biologist. In four days we walked 52 kilometers (32.3 miles), throughRead More →

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Enjoy this video of  a collection of photos captured in Parque Nacional Marino Ballena, Costa Rica. For the optimal experience view it on full screen and listen to it with headphones.Read More →

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Every year, on the first Wednesday in February, all sirens across Switzerland are tested. The aim is to ascertain the operational readiness of both the “General Alarm” and the “Water Alarm” sirens. The population is notified beforehand through announcements on the radio, on TV and in the press. The generalRead More →

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In early February we invited some Swiss friends for dinner and we made trifongo. Trifongo is a mixture of fried green plantains, fried sweet plantains and boiled yucca root (plátanos verdes, plátanos maduros y yuca). The  mixture is combined with salt, pepper, garlic, roasted sesame seeds and vegetarian organic broth. It is moldedRead More →

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Last December I read in the Gulf Times, Qatar’s English daily newspaper, that China was removing the word thoughts from their definition of terrorism. Thoughts do have consequences but once expressed they become speech. So how do you prove that someone is having terrorist thoughts? Well, in China you do notRead More →