What’s life like in Colombia? Well, slow days a lot out in the country so you may have to stay away if you need lots of excitement. This morning like 5am the rest of the family went out with a group up to some lagoon up in the mountains for bird watching; I stayed home. Internet was out, happens sporadically so I just had some corn flakes with a banana, did 25 pushups and same of tummy curls, still no internet so put on some black, rubber work boots and went outside. We’re small by country standards, only 2 acres, but still a lot fits in it. We’d planted (had a guy do it) around eighty (80), 2-ft sized trees around a month ago so I walked around just making sure they were ok, you know, weeds and all that. Then of course checked the 8 Romeros (like pine trees) we’d planted a year ago alongside the entrance driveway which are now around 4 feet tall. They now look really cool, it’s great watching them growing up, especially one the car ran over 6 months ago. Next, to keep busy (no malls around here), I wrote a song on my work desk, and started foolin’ around on the guitar to see what would work; that’s the fun part, and that took about an hour. Then made a cup of coffee, sat outside on the porch facing the mountains, while figuring out little projects I’m working on. Ok, so the gang comes home, listened to their adventure up by the lagoon, misty, woody area filled with birds, of which they identified 15, and then we had lunch. They’d mentioned a rattle sound under the car so off I went on the 5-minute drive to the Pueblo, found Orlando the Mechanic next to the one gas station, and for 10 bucks he fixed some connecting fixture under the car that was the culprit. Left the car there, walked 2 minutes to Sebastian the Pharmacist’s store in the main plaza, stayed 10 minutes as he likes practicing English with me, then before coming home went by the bakery and for about $1 got like nearly a dozen fluffy rolls. Everyone calls me Don Harold (not to be confused with Don Corleone from the Godfather), and it still takes some getting used to as I’m walking around greeting all these polite, wonderful town folk. Back home now, I almost never watch tv as life is more interesting, but do read ebooks, and now am writing these notes in mid afternoon, sent later from my phone. Sometimes we’ll go off to some other town or major city, do some traveling in-country or whatever, but the simple life is like taking in a continuous burst of fresh air. (Click the post TITLE to view or make a comment).