Friday, August 04, 2023 During the last 5-6 years, I’ve been trying to write a book.  Every time I start on the next segment, I get this little voice in my head telling me that what I’m writing is garbage and I should just give up.  Luckily for me, I don’t NEED to write a […]

Friday, July 28, 2023 When it comes to my never-ending practical jokes, profound embarrassment and finely directed personalized sarcasm, my boys are fair game for me.  Delving into what some may call borderline child torture, I try to put them both into scenarios that force them to lash back at me with fervor.  Not with […]

Friday, July 21, 2023 This last week has been full of “interesting results”.  I almost wrote “Big Surprises”, but I dont think anyone should be surprised by these decisions; they were certainly inevitable. First, on July 13, US Secretary Antony Blinken announced the designation of former Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela.  Until recent years, I […]

Friday, July 14, 2023 During the last two weeks, we were entertaining a couple of good friends who came down to visit from Texas.  Scott, who’s former Air Force Intel and his lovely wife Julie who is quite the giggly sort, both gave us a run for our money in diversion and entertainment.  Scott and […]

Friday, July 07, 2023 This morning I woke to this insatiable craving for blueberry pancakes.  As usual, my queen was already stirring around the kitchen… …quite literally… …stirring her coffee, stirring pancake batter, and probably stirring a protein shake for later.  The smells were amazing and I couldn’t wait to have some of her mystical creations with […]

Friday, June 30, 2023 First of all, I didn’t get last week’s newsletter out to the Whatsapp group as I was in the process of changing phones from one carrier to another and upgrading phones as well.  What a f$%&ing nightmare that’s been.  Long story short… …sorry, eh!  I hope you caught it on one […]

Friday, June 23, 2023 “Panamanians are stupid!”, the random newbie expat reported on the Facebook thread.  Man, that got my blood boiling.  I don’t know if his insult was unintentional as he made a poor play at being innocently playful or if this banter was just simply some profound level of ignorance.  I’m leaning towards […]

Friday, June 16, 2023 Never has the world experienced such a compelling personality dreamt of or divined, as that of my Queen, Sayira.  Always at the ready for the latest family adventure, always thinking ahead to our internal mini-celebrations and always happy to make us happy, she truly is the spark that keeps our family […]

Friday, June 09, 2023 We’re all traveling around the Midwest right now, visiting moms, entertaining sisters, riding bike trails, getting the flu, eating cheese curds and getting in a Packers game. Enjoy this week’s newsletter and check out End Notes catch a bit from my scholarly past. TOP NEWS and TIDBITS: Yoli’s Wisdom WHAT EVENTS […]

Friday, June 02, 2023 Writer’s block sucks.  It’s a good thing, I’m not a writer, eh?  This morning I had the opportunity to talk with two teachers from my boys’ school.  Both of them got bad grades on a final this semester and they requested a meeting with me.  With me??  Why me?  I’m the […]