THE FOOTNOTES

This is a fairly recent picture of me and my friend Noemi from Costa Rica. She took me to her home town in the beautiful mountainous area south of San Jose, a little town called Copey. It's an agricultural region that, so far, has escaped the overdevelopment and pollution associated with tourism. Her family grows apples (which require cool evenings), avacados, plums, and some other things I've forgotten about. We're posing outside of her brother's restaurant here -- they get trout out of that lake and cook it fresh for you. It's delicious. Noemi is doing well and hoping to visit the Noonans, her "gringo family," sometime soon. She loves visitors, so please let her know if you're ever going down that way.