. Some nights enter our lives quietly and then stay with us forever—unexpected, unforgettable, and impossible not to smile about when we remember them. In my previous post, I wrote about the launch of The Art of Detachment in Madrid a couple of weeks ago—a magical evening surrounded by extraordinary people, where I had the […]
I’m 63 years old and alive and kicking. I’m in awe and thrilled to bits, currently trying to carry on with my life in the midst of the new normal. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, I’ve been staying at home most of [...]
At that time, San José was home to a living, breathing example of a dream come true. Two inspired youngsters, Jorge Jiménez and Giselle Zamora, ventured off to Italy 43 years ago where they blazed a trail, had a son named Esteban, [...]
A few years ago, when I first wrote this piece in the Costa Rican newspaper La Nación, Apple had just broken ground in an innovative way that had nothing to do with technology, a new device or a new machine. Rather, they’d [...]
It was March 2008 when I programmed the rental car’s GPS to find the closest gas station. I was in Paris and had to fill the tank in order to avoid the steep cost of gas at the rental agency. Since I [...]
When I typed this question into Google, a whopping 241 million results came up. “Holy shit!” I thought to myself. Then, I tweaked my query slightly, swapping the word “world” for “life” and two million more search results were generated. Safe to [...]
My blogging debut was back in 2005 when I first wrote a few lines here, on the Slow Burn blog, named A Fuego Lento in Spanish. Since then, it has certainly lived up to its name; I’ve gone through periods of writing [...]
They don’t play by the rules and have no respect for the status quo. They change things and push the human race forward. Because those people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who actually [...]
(Originally this was just a simple reply to Jorge’s comment on Clandestina, but after finishing it I decided to post it as a topic, see why) With your permission tocayo….. Thank you very much for your comments, good wishes and the time [...]
Today is a holiday in Costa Rica and because of this, we are not working. As a consequence, in this blog… neither am I.
A few days ago a simple question was asked: who in the world is Jorge Oller? And of course, the answer is not easy. Compared to Nelson Mandela, no one; compared to George W. Bush, better. However, I ask: and why compared [...]
