If time passes more slowly in the DR....

what have I been doing all these months, years, and why am I still a Magpie on dry land? Obviously my commitments are not taken as seriously as I would have liked! More resolve comes to me in my advancing years...I do attend yoga on a regular basis, thats commitment .While I have let dear Magpie go to another, there will always be Magpies, in memory , in the fact that I remain in the Dominican Republic, carried here by her. And I am a Magpie, always and forever. Yes, I am still in the DR, but moved to the end of the earth, end of this island, to the Samana Peninsula, to Las Galeras, the tip of the northeast point. The bustle of Las Terrenas and the heavy Euro population were not for me, and while I could stand the wonderful restaurants and beaches, I had no space, and my love for the people and culture was harder to find among the snooty french and absence of Dominicans unless in a service mode. I have much to say, about being here, about living on boats and on land, about food and plants and nature that is abundant and peculiar. And people of all ethnicity and relationships that are like meteors and amoebas. The locals, the Dominicans, the Europeans, the family and friends that are here, that visit, that do not visit. The dogs, cats and burros in my life. The tarantulas, scorpions, snakes and flying & crawling things that are part of my day to day. More later, and yes, I am happy to write to myself and will take my commitment more seriously in the future, even if I am only writing to myself!