stories from costa rica
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.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve written about Costa Rica on the regular. However, it’s time to get back to celebrating, exploring and pondering the lovely-complicated-fascinating country I am proud to call home. My new yearlong project, Costa Rica Day by Day, launches September 15th – Independence Day.
One of my favorite things about my five-year-old daughter is that before she runs anywhere, she winds up like a cartoon character. She leans back
You know what is truly pura vida, to me, after 13 years? More than a beach or a rainforest porch, more even than a cafecito or a birra bien
Based on remarks to wonderful staff members, volunteers and friends of AFS Costa Rica in San José on Sept. 29. I’ve spent a number of
Considering how much I love the idea of trains in general, and San José’s Tren Urbano specifically, it’s embarrassing how long it took me to
