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Tico Tales

Adelia Ritchie

I love to write about connections — living things, adventures, the man who rides his skinny horse past my gate every morning, stuff that goes haywire, some little words and some big words.

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Latest Issues

Is It Making Art or Is It Group Therapy?

Making happy art in Chimerol, Photo by author

Some days begin with a watercolor palette and end with a lighter heart.

The day started with a drive into the mountains, picking up two fellow artists along the way before winding our way to K...

5 days ago
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THE ACCIDENTAL EXPAT: A COSTA RICAN ADVENTURE-#4

The Scarlet and Sage Casita, photo by Author

Author’s Note: In this book, which I’m serializing here with weekly chapters, you will read about some of my adventures, as well as the trials, tribulations, and joys of relocating to a foreign...

7 days ago
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ChatGPT Wants to Be My Friend

Neural Wetwork, Ink and Marker Sketch by Author

Recently, I sometimes ask Chat to lend a hand when I get stuck for a word or have an awkward sentence. Sometimes I ask her to create an image to accompany an article. She gleefully does what...

8 days ago
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The Mamón Chino Wait

Original watercolor sketch by Author

When I first moved to Costa Rica, I discovered these little treasures called mamón chino. One taste and I was hooked.

Now I have a tree behind my house.

Every morning I conduct the same ridiculous ri...

12 days ago
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The Tortilla Lady

Kindness embodied in tortillas de queso, photo by Author

One of the sweetest things about living in Costa Rica is that kindness has a way of showing up at your front door.

Sometimes carrying tortillas.

A few days after I moved into my li...

14 days ago
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