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Beyond the Postcards: Learning Costa Rica

Here’s the thing about Costa Rica. Most people think they understand it after a beach chair, a zip line, and…

4 months ago

The Power of Restraint: Sexy, Not Sleazy

Scroll long enough and you will see it. Ordinary women, not celebrities, not models, not selling anything except attention, presenting…

4 months ago

Adult Politics in a Toddler Era

I try, as much as possible, to keep politics off this blog. Not because I don’t care, but because this…

4 months ago

Accidental Touches, Intentional Sparks

Nobody sat us down and said, “One day, the most seductive thing in your house will be a crooked kitchen…

4 months ago

Monkey See, Monkey Shrug

The Costa Rican jungle wakes up long before humans do, and it does so without asking permission. The air hangs…

4 months ago

The Damage We Scroll Past

Social media arrived dressed as a gift. It promised connection, community, a louder voice for the quiet and a seat…

4 months ago

Winter Without a Pulse

January used to mean layers. Serious layers. The kind where you dress like an overstuffed sausage just to take the…

4 months ago

The Quiet Truth About Loud Arguments

I’ve spent enough years listening to arguments to earn a loyalty card. Not just my own, though I’ve had a…

4 months ago

The Sunset in Her Skin

There is an art to looking. Not the creepy kind you get from a stranger loitering by the avocados at…

4 months ago

Small Gestures, Long Shadows

We tend to picture change as something loud. Protests. Policies. Viral moments with hashtags and matching fonts. Big gestures with…

4 months ago