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On the flip side, do they still sell chestnuts on the corner in New York? I am wondering what they cost. I just spent 500 pesos for a pound of uncooked chestnuts in Nacional in Santiago. Did them myself on the stove. They taste much better in New York.

Thought you were going to say they had rye bread.

So right! Sepárate polítics and education. Stop hiring teachers for life. Do not only train teachers- equip their classrooms. Give school and district report cards. Publish this information. I do not understand why this country always gives a pass to education.

Well let’s see how this goes……

My house is decorated. I just let the maid go to it. And she takes them down also. It is the only way to decorate.

Did you feel it? Seemed to go on forever. House shook. Windows rattled. Dogs ran to me. Scary.

Love this!!! Happy Thanksgiving!

PriceSmart has pumpkin pies. And they are quite good. I wanted to make a pecan pie but could not find pecans in Santiago or Sosua.

Josh, as far as Jamao goes, everybody knew who was not there and living abroad. However those doing so were on the right political party at the time so they were somehow protected. Those who were in the same side politically would not rat and those who were members of a different party had no...

We didn't use fancy equipment. This was during COVID. We packed tables and chairs in our truck, drove to the isolated mountain communities, unpacked and taught in small groups of no more than 3 students- right in the middle of the street or on someone's porch or in churches. I mention the...

There were several teachers in Jamao and one director who lost jobs over this. Two other directors were put on leave for three months because they allowed this to happen. The school director who lost his job was living in the US and driving Uber. He was building a beautiful home next to mine. A...

Interesting information. I have some employees who are registered, but because they work only part time teaching one or two classes, they earn less than the minimum wage. However, due to the TSS tax structure, I must pay TSS for them based not on the wages they earn, but a full time minimum wage.

Many docs take appointments. In my experience these docs work on mixed schedule if the person with the appointment is not there, they take the first who arrived. But in my experience, also, the better docs all take appointments, because it is the professional Dominicans and ex-pats who use...

Yes. That is what I am talking about that Nacional has at times. It definitely has a different flavor.

What Nacional there are you talking about? I always look for rye bread when there. Once in awhile they have rye bread from their bakery but it is not like the typical Jewish rye.

I get that, Bob. Interestingly last we had 4 or 5 children in our tiny school coughing continually. Thank goodness I called the parents asking them to come get their child. Since then e are now admitted to hospitals with pneumonia. I understand the COVid now presents itself as a common cold...

The infectious desease doctor checked with the Ministry of Salud. There are NO COVID vaccines in the country!

Really? I do not want to be naive- but maybe I am. I did not think IV drug use existed here to that degree.

Interesting statistics considering I never hear it talked about in conversations, like before.

Well them nave there is hope for Lucas. Will keep checking.