Every Friday I’ll publish something on the lighter side to get the weekend started right – slothy, funny or cocktail-y – and list the previous days’ posts in case you missed them and feel like some weekend boosting.
Category: Costa Rica Daily Boost
My new, year-long project launched Sept. 15, 2019, and features daily posts on Costa Rican changemakers, artisans, traditions, wellness and more. From essays and pics to life hacks and recipes, I’ll chronicle the ways that great ideas from Costa Rica can help us all breathe easier and live better at a tough time in our world. Sign up (top right of this page) to receive a little dose of Costa Rica every weekday in your mailbox!
Day 4: Girl, volcano
When first I saw you I was 21 and blissful. You were spewing lava: slow drools of red through the black night under a cold
Day 3: I just had an epiphany in the middle of a sentence
Fantasy me drinks tea. She gazes out of a rain-spattered window as she savors every herbal sip and smiles indulgently at her daughter who is
Day 2: Our artists need us, and we need them
I believe that stories, especially true ones, can save us from just about anything. This year, I’m going to try to acquire more stories: to save more of my dollars for artists whose names and backgrounds I actually learn.
Day 1: Let us know how to be free
It’s a famous phrase that’s often used as a rallying cry – but maybe it can also be a prayer.
Costa Rica Daily Boost: Boots on, ready to roam
After two difficult years, I decided to launch a lifeline for myself, a daily search for hope. I’m not talking sugary sweetness. I’m talking artists and leaders and journalists and community leaders who are right in the thick of it with the rest of us, grappling with grief and fear and injustice and coming up with something beautiful as a result.
