Kat PetersMay 148 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...
Kat PetersApr 253 minCompany towns, racial tension, stereotypes, natural beauty, and resilience5 things Gary, Indiana and Costa Rica have in common A view of the block where Andrew Means had a contractor company that built quality...
Kat PetersApr 105 min5 things I learned in Costa Rica that serve me as a motherAs 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...
Kat PetersApr 42 minFood deserts: Korry Shepard of the Gary Historical CollectiveIn 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...
Kat PetersFeb 221 minOn history: with Gary historian Korry ShepardI had the great good fortune to converse with this historian from Gary, Indiana, in February. 2022. Korry Shepard dropping knowledge at...
Kat PetersFeb 77 minA tale of two rollsThe story and the recipes behind two enriched doughs, from South Dakota and Costa Rica My Grandma Jarratt's caramel rolls, being made by...
Kat PetersFeb 16 minWhy you're here: a letter to my sonsFrom 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...
Kat PetersJan 248 minCosta Rica is not a f---ing paradiseAn unpopular opinion Costa Rica's National Monument in the National Park in San José, commemorates Central America's ousting of foreign...
Kat PetersDec 6, 20218 minMore than moneyWhen 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...
Kat PetersNov 8, 20216 minThe Trip Down: Managua - The ridiculousness of helplessnessLooking back on my journey through Mexico and Central America, Part V. This photo was taken a whole year after the post that I am...
Kat PetersNov 1, 20215 minThe Trip Down: Managua - A celebration of lifeLooking back on my journey through Mexico and Central America, Part IV. With my beloved host family (just missing Jorge) in the inner...
Kat PetersOct 25, 20215 minThe 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. ...
Kat PetersOct 12, 20215 minThe 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...
Kat PetersSep 9, 20218 minThe 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...
Kat PetersAug 9, 20218 minUna buena suegraA 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...
Kat PetersAug 3, 20212 minNew 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...
Kat PetersJul 12, 20217 minSi 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...
Kat PetersJun 1, 20214 minLearning Cycle: Reading ThingsNeed 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....
Kat PetersMay 9, 202112 minNotice, 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....
Kat PetersMay 3, 20214 minI return to the place where I was bornI 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...