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The uniquely human Robert and my journey with autism

(PART I) My dear wife and I were living in the Middle East from 2012. We were newlywed and had not given a great deal of thought to having children. I had older children (now 30 and 26) and we had not discussed trying to have additional children. Around 2016, we discussed having children andContinue reading “The uniquely human Robert and my journey with autism”

Cocotal and our new Villa in Punta Cana 2020-2022 – Part I

In late 2019, I had decided to leave Abu Dhabi and retire to the Dominican Republic. I need to write an entire entry about that decision and the process that followed as it became very stressful and convoluted. Nevertheless, we arrived in Santiago, Dominican Republic on the 9th of March, the twins’ second birthday. TheyContinue reading “Cocotal and our new Villa in Punta Cana 2020-2022 – Part I”

Getting a Driver’s License in the Dominican Republic

We moved to the Dominican Republic in March of 2020 during the onset of the pandemic. We had many different plans, but of course due to Covid, those plans were altered. My wife is from the Dominican Republic, so we decided to purchase a house in the Bavaro area. One problem was that I wasContinue reading “Getting a Driver’s License in the Dominican Republic”

Renewing passports

While the US passport is desired by many in the world for a variety of reasons, renewing it is highly inefficient, expensive and takes a ridiculous amount of time. https://www.passportindex.org/byRank.php The US passport ranks behind about 20 other countries now. This is based on how many countries one can travel to without visa or gettingContinue reading “Renewing passports”

Discovering The Treasuries of the Nile, by Guest Writer, outstanding doctor and friend, Dr. Raul Barrios

Dr. Raul has an impressive background having studied and worked all around the world. To see his bio: http://www.burjeel.com/abu-dhabi/dr/dr-raul-barrios/ Discovering the treasures of the Nile I have been following with excitement my friend Jim’s blog and promised to make a small contribution. On the day of his birthday I decided to start writing about theContinue reading “Discovering The Treasuries of the Nile, by Guest Writer, outstanding doctor and friend, Dr. Raul Barrios”