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    Accendó Coffee Shop

    The Accendó Coffee Shop is located in Nueva California in the Highlands of Chiriquí. You can see Mount Baru in the background as you drive into the parking lot. The coffee shop is far enough off the main road that you don’t hear any traffic noise. It’s a comfortable place for coffee lovers, where you’ll find a gathering of local…

  • Haiku

    Mysterious Ways

    One of my strange hobbies is writing haiku. As you may notice from this poem, I am an ex-Christian. I don’t aim to put down Christians in general. It’s the religion itself that is hard to swallow. With the thousands of variations (denominations) throughout the world, how is one to know if they are worshipping or performing the correct dogma…

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    You’ve Got Mail

    My wife and I enjoy watching comedies on Netflix from time to time. The other night, we watched an old movie, You’ve Got Mail (watch it here on YouTube for free), starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. I’m sure many of you have seen it. It starts with these two having an online romance, unaware they’re business rivals. She owns a…

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    Losing My Religion

    I once believed in my religion. My religion had many laws, Commanded by God himself.All chiseled into stone by His own hand. My religion said I only needed to believe. But Jesus said that we must love our enemies.And to treat others as we would like to be treated.Loving my enemies… is almost impossible. My religion has a sacred book.…