We're in RI for a few weeks; meanwhile, back in Panama, Laurie Jones is cat-sitting our boat.  Yesterday she dropped her keys overboard, and had to get in to feed the cats.  So she called Sam, her skinniest friend, and pushed her through the porthole into the bathroom.  Who knew that was even possible?  

This is what you get when you lend your iPad to kids!  A local boy, Gabriel, did this drawing for me when we were out on Bastimentos last week.   He already had it worked out in his head, and drew as if he were copying it down from memory.  Very methodical.  When he needed a new color, he came looking for me.  

It's a superhero- well, obviously!

We spent the past week a few miles from Bocas town in the area known as Tierra Oscura.  Salt water bays with little mangrove islands.  A few gringos have houses there- one with a chocolate farm.  There was a fourth of July barbecue, without fireworks.  Very peaceful area, except for the sound of VHF radios calling out to each other.