Don Emilio

During the two-plus years we lived in Turrialba this dignified man of little means, Don Emilio Alvarado, was the only person we ever hired to help around our house. When needed, Don Emilio arrived with his machete (yes!) to cut our two patches of grass, to share a few quiet words, and leave. We never knew where he lived. Shortly before we returned from Costa Rica to Colorado, someone was kind enough to come by and tell us Don Emilio had died. We mourned.

(c) from date of posting, by Bob Komives, Fort Collins