Founders’ Day remarks delivered at The Derryfield School, Manchester, New Hampshire, May 19, 2017. Thank you, Dr. Carter, the Founders, Mr. Sanborn, and everyone who
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A room of our own: Costa Rican choteo and Virginia Woolf
Originally published by The Tico Times, http://www.ticotimes.net. When I worked in English-language education and visited an advanced young-adult class in San José, I asked them
Why a Costa Rican Holy Week is a treasure to be savored
I’m pleased to be writing a new column for Nature Air’s magazine, Nature Landings: “Word on the Street.” The magazine is full of fascinating travel
Waiting for gray (bochorno)
Dear E., The longer I live in places where you can wear flip-flops 12 months a year, the more obsessed I become with seasons. It’s
Apapáchame – a little universe
I woke up early this morning on your birthday. I’m not sure why, but it was a gift: your birthdays make me wistful, and it
(And now for a political interlude)
Dear Dictionary of You Readers, I’ve been AWOL from this site, which means so much to me, for two reasons: first, I was putting out
