Category: Love in Translation
After the birth of my daughter in San José in 2013, I began a blog called “The Dictionary of You,” letters to her about the language and culture I loved in my adopted country of Costa Rica. The blog spawned a column at The Tico Times called “Maeology” and a book, “Love in Translation: Letters to My Costa Rican Daughter,” available worldwide on Amazon. Read on for more.
A few transportation-inspired musings: taxistas, bus etiquette, love and feminism
Famous last words (hablando paja part II)
Work at home? Here’s the only gift you need this year
The amazing true story of tuanis and brete – words to be thankful for
Of maes and men*
Ten Years of Fig Trees (el antiguo higuerón)
On motherhood and hunger (como el león del Bolivar)
Endings (murió la flor)
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