David Daniel's Blog, page 14
March 25, 2021
Pink Panther (Part Four)…
My sister died four years ago. It still seems strange to have a sibling pass away at the relatively young age of 56 and stranger that so much time has transpired since she passed. Nothing can really ever prepare a person for losing a sibling and it is inevitable that it becomes the compass towards […]
March 19, 2021
Costa Rica Calling (Part Three)…
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.” Costa Rica stayed on my mind for much of the next few years. Following my first foray to the island, everything that had given me some semblance of security began crumbling […]
March 15, 2021
Costa Rica Calling (Part Two)…
In the summer of 2011, I felt my life imploding, mostly on an emotional level. The foundation of my marriage was crumbling and intuitively we both knew that it was coming to an end. It’s never easy ending a marriage; instinctively we may have searched for the culprit or wanted to place blame on one […]
Costa Rica Calling (Part 2)…
In the summer of 2011, I felt my life imploding, mostly on an emotional level. The foundation of my marriage was crumbling and intuitively we both knew that it was coming to an end. It’s never easy ending a marriage; instinctively we may have searched for the culprit or wanted to place blame on one […]
March 12, 2021
Costa Rica Calling (Part One)…
Costa Rica has always called to me. Although I have only spent time in the country on one occasion, the experience has stayed with me. It permeates my being in a way; so much so that Costa Rica inspired me to set my latest novel, Pura Vida, there. Before going there, I sensed that this […]
Costa Rica Calling…
Costa Rica has always called to me. Although I have only spent time in the country on one occasion, the experience has stayed with me. It permeates my being in a way; so much so that Costa Rica inspired me to set my latest novel, Pura Vida, there. Before going there, I sensed that this […]
March 1, 2021
The Treasure Within…
It was raining; it was cold and wet; I walked; my clothes damp—none of these things discouraged me from taking in the moment. A dreary, rainy Monday morning spurred something inside me to get out into nature as I watched people hurriedly drive to work and I wondered: why are we all rushing around so […]
February 23, 2021
Here Comes the Sun…
Snow fell on Texas last week as temperatures dropped to zero shutting down large swaths of North Texas. To say that this is unusual is an understatement. I wrote a friend of mine to see how he and his family were holding up and he said, “We have been without power for about 36 hours.” […]
February 14, 2021
A Funny Thing Happened…
I have always found it interesting how my life has led me to this current stage of life. I grew up in a small town in Iowa that was settled on the Mississippi River. Life in Iowa was consistently non-eventful; the people were hard-working, kind and not demonstrative in the least. From a very young […]
February 8, 2021
A Land Called Terra
The land is idyllic; a peaceful refuge tucked away in a growing city of 70,000 people. We call this piece of property Terra which means “earth.” It also happens to be the same name as the property in Gone with the Wind (different spelling: Tara) that Scarlett O’Hara tried desperately to save following the Civil […]
