Here’s the thing about Costa Rica. Most people think they understand it after a beach chair, a zip line, and…
The Costa Rican jungle wakes up long before humans do, and it does so without asking permission. The air hangs…
January used to mean layers. Serious layers. The kind where you dress like an overstuffed sausage just to take the…
Trees have a funny way of inserting themselves into our lives without ever asking permission. They stand there while childhood…
It’s a bit amusing, really. I’m sitting here by my pool in Costa Rica, soaking in humidity like it’s a…
If life were a baseball game, most of us would be hitting nothing but curveballs. Some days it feels like…
There are a few things you learn quickly after landing in Costa Rica. One, geckos run the place and you…
The rush before Christmas never arrives quietly. It bursts in like a drunk uncle who ignores the doorbell and immediately…
If someone had told me a few years ago that our first Christmas outside Canada would involve palm trees lit…
Once upon a Christmas, there lived a wealthy expat on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. He owned a stunning…