Knowing that I live in this beautiful country, I have had a few people ask me online lately, “Is Costa…
The rainforest trail near Manuel Antonio was already alive before the first tourists even tied their shoelaces. Birds chirped like…
In the spring of 1992, I did what a lot of young men do when the ground under their feet…
We used to arrive places with our whole body. Now we arrive physically, while the rest of us is still…
We were raised on urgency. Not the healthy kind, like running toward something meaningful, but the twitchy, stress-fuelled kind that…
A country is not a line on a map or a piece of cloth fluttering on a pole. Borders can…
There is a relationship in our lives that has survived mood swings, financial stress, questionable fashion choices, even the slow…
Mateo was known for fixing things in the coastal town of Playa Azul, where he and Lucía lived. Engines, pumps,…
I have moved enough times in recent years to make my belongings suspicious of cardboard boxes. Eastern Townships of Quebec…
Suspicion does not age well in the tropics. It ferments. Add heat, humidity, and too much time on your hands,…