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      "Love of learning is the guide of life"
      Kat Peters
      • May 14
      • 8 min

      "Love of learning is the guide of life"

      My address to the Eta of Indiana Chapter at Valparaiso University of the Phi Betta Kappa Society on May 13, 2022. A painting I made as an...
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      Company towns, racial tension, stereotypes, natural beauty, and resilience
      Kat Peters
      • Apr 25
      • 3 min

      Company towns, racial tension, stereotypes, natural beauty, and resilience

      5 things Gary, Indiana and Costa Rica have in common A view of the block where Andrew Means had a contractor company that built quality...
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      5 things I learned in Costa Rica that serve me as a mother
      Kat Peters
      • Apr 10
      • 5 min

      5 things I learned in Costa Rica that serve me as a mother

      As I look over this list, I see that it resonates with advice a Costa Rican gave me, which I come back to, often: back to basics. Parts...
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      Food deserts: Korry Shepard of the Gary Historical Collective
      Kat Peters
      • Apr 4
      • 2 min

      Food deserts: Korry Shepard of the Gary Historical Collective

      In what I hope can be a regular conversation, I got to speak for a second time with Korry Shepard about his ideas for how to address food...
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      On history: with Gary historian Korry Shepard
      Kat Peters
      • Feb 22
      • 1 min

      On history: with Gary historian Korry Shepard

      I had the great good fortune to converse with this historian from Gary, Indiana, in February. 2022. Korry Shepard dropping knowledge at...
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      A tale of two rolls
      Kat Peters
      • Feb 7
      • 7 min

      A tale of two rolls

      The story and the recipes behind two enriched doughs, from South Dakota and Costa Rica My Grandma Jarratt's caramel rolls, being made by...
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      Why you're here: a letter to my sons
      Kat Peters
      • Feb 1
      • 6 min

      Why you're here: a letter to my sons

      From Crimea and Sweden to South Dakota to Nicaragua and Costa Rica My dear sons - Today in the Spanish class that I’m teaching at Indiana...
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      Costa Rica is not a f---ing paradise
      Kat Peters
      • Jan 24
      • 8 min

      Costa Rica is not a f---ing paradise

      An unpopular opinion Costa Rica's National Monument in the National Park in San José, commemorates Central America's ousting of foreign...
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      More than money
      Kat Peters
      • Dec 6, 2021
      • 8 min

      More than money

      When we give money, we are saying that the world of money is what we value. A few valuable things that aren't money: notes from your...
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      The Trip Down: Managua - The ridiculousness of helplessness
      Kat Peters
      • Nov 8, 2021
      • 6 min

      The Trip Down: Managua - The ridiculousness of helplessness

      Looking back on my journey through Mexico and Central America, Part V. This photo was taken a whole year after the post that I am...
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      The Trip Down: Managua - A celebration of life
      Kat Peters
      • Nov 1, 2021
      • 5 min

      The Trip Down: Managua - A celebration of life

      Looking back on my journey through Mexico and Central America, Part IV. With my beloved host family (just missing Jorge) in the inner...
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      The Trip Down: "Hopping Tezra"
      Kat Peters
      • Oct 25, 2021
      • 5 min

      The Trip Down: "Hopping Tezra"

      Looking back on my journey through Mexico and Central America, Part III. Tezra (left) and me, with my trusty backpack in Tegucigalpa. ...
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      The trip down: "DF"
      Kat Peters
      • Oct 12, 2021
      • 5 min

      The trip down: "DF"

      Looking back on my journey through Mexico and Central America: Part I. As I post this, today (October 11, 2021) is Indigenous People's...
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      The cutting edge in coffee
      Kat Peters
      • Sep 9, 2021
      • 8 min

      The cutting edge in coffee

      A better future is within reach, and one local coffee roaster is leading the way through the direct purchase of high quality specialty...
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      Una buena suegra
      Kat Peters
      • Aug 9, 2021
      • 8 min

      Una buena suegra

      A tribute to my mother-in-law for Costa Rican Mother’s Day, August 15, 2021. Mothers-in-law might have a bad reputation, except for in...
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      New Backwater is turning 1!
      Kat Peters
      • Aug 3, 2021
      • 2 min

      New Backwater is turning 1!

      My first post on New Backwater was on August 8, 2020. On this last week of the first year, I look back, and look ahead. Soooo many...
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      Si Dios quiere / God willing
      Kat Peters
      • Jul 12, 2021
      • 7 min

      Si Dios quiere / God willing

      I have learned to accept some uncertainty, but can it all be chalked up to God’s will? Our family vacationed “out West” for a couple of...
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      Learning Cycle: Reading Things
      Kat Peters
      • Jun 1, 2021
      • 4 min

      Learning Cycle: Reading Things

      Need a road map? Pick up some reading on your intended topic in order to help you find your way. Finding his way with an actual map....
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      Notice, Connect, Find Joy: Costa Rica-US Migratory Birds (transcript)
      Kat Peters
      • May 9, 2021
      • 12 min

      Notice, Connect, Find Joy: Costa Rica-US Migratory Birds (transcript)

      Find the video transcript, full credits, and extra resources for helping you identify and protect migratory birds in your community....
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      I return to the place where I was born
      Kat Peters
      • May 3, 2021
      • 4 min

      I return to the place where I was born

      I wonder which place migratory birds consider home. I wonder if they don’t even think of the two places as separate. Dipping my feet in...
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