Life

The Art of Not Feeding the Outrage

Negativity has become something of a national sport online. Actually, make that an international one. Scroll through social media for…

3 months ago

The Sound of Stillness

We drown the quiet in a flood of noiseConvince ourselves it's simply how we copeWe scroll and chatter, juggling shiny…

4 months ago

Is Costa Rica Safe?

Knowing that I live in this beautiful country, I have had a few people ask me online lately, “Is Costa…

4 months ago

Hitting Decline on Nature

There was a time when the loudest notification in our lives was the crack of a twig under a wandering…

4 months ago

When a Summer Breeze Turned Naughty

There is something wonderfully wholesome about a farmers’ market. Fresh vegetables, homemade jams, overpriced artisan soap that smells like a…

4 months ago

Lessons From a Sunday Sloth

The rainforest trail near Manuel Antonio was already alive before the first tourists even tied their shoelaces. Birds chirped like…

4 months ago

A Cup Full of Ripples

Every weekday morning at 7:12 a.m., the Maple Bean Café filled with the same parade of tired souls. It was…

4 months ago

Full Circle: Coming Home

In the spring of 1992, I did what a lot of young men do when the ground under their feet…

4 months ago

The Clock Nobody Owns

Most of us live like time is sitting in our back pocket, right beside our wallet and car keys. We…

4 months ago

The Story You Keep Telling Yourself

We all walk around with a story in our heads. Some of us treat it like sacred scripture, leather bound…

4 months ago