Reading Things (Literature Review)
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Kat Peters
- May 9
- 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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Kat Peters
- May 3
- 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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Kat Peters
- Apr 19
- 6 min
Urban gardens in Curridabat: A maternity leave mini-IP
When I am not sure how to handle change, I go to my toolkit. Here, a study I did in my neighborhood in Costa Rica to pass the time...
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Kat Peters
- Mar 3
- 11 min
¿Qué pasa con las cosas (y el ser) que dejamos atrás?
En mi caso, mis padres guardaron mi pasado en su sótano. Los refugiados no pueden darse ese lujo. English version here. Belky Hernández...
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Kat Peters
- Mar 2
- 11 min
What happens to the things (and selves) we leave behind?
In my case, my parents guarded my past in their basement. Refugees don't have that luxury. Versión en español aquí. Belky Hernandez...
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Kat Peters
- Feb 9
- 11 min
Listening with love, Part 2: Listening to our kids about racism
Two local high school students gave me great parenting advice in a context where white-supremacy is real: listen to my kids, and talk...
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Kat Peters
- Feb 1
- 8 min
Escuchando con amor este febrero
En este mes del amor y la amistad, necesitamos escuchar a los demás. Pero también, por un tiempo, estoy tratando de implementar lo que...
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Kat Peters
- Feb 1
- 10 min
Listening with love this February
In this month of love, we need to listen to others. But now for a time I’m also trying to practice what my friend Julio does – turn off...
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Kat Peters
- Jan 25
- 4 min
New perk for subscribers to New Backwater: Asi Comemos en Casa recipes
Announcing an exciting new partnership with Pri Montano, my friend and amazing home chef / Anunciando una nueva asociación emocionante...
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Kat Peters
- Dec 9, 2020
- 4 min
We keep going (but we stop to rest, too) / Seguimos, y también descansamos
Sandhill cranes travel hundreds of miles, but they stop (by the tens of thousands) to socialize, eat, and rest. You and I can go far,...
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Kat Peters
- Nov 23, 2020
- 9 min
Tener el 50% de la razón
Soy perfeccionista, así que la idea de tener solamente un 50% de la razón me es difícil, pero también puedo pensar en momentos que tuvo...
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Kat Peters
- Nov 23, 2020
- 8 min
50% Right
I'm a perfectionist, so the idea of being only 50% right is hard; but I can also think of times when I was 100% wrong. The falls of the...
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Kat Peters
- Nov 3, 2020
- 1 min
Patriotic poetry
I interrupt the regularly scheduled blog to stare out the window and point you in the direction of some election-inspired poetry. En vez...
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Kat Peters
- Oct 19, 2020
- 7 min
La vida nos cambia
La presente publicación se puede considerar como una carta de amor a todas y todos mis amigos de Costa Rica y más allá en América Latina,...
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Kat Peters
- Oct 16, 2020
- 8 min
Nosotros/ellos + yo/nosotros = ambos
En un mundo complicado, podemos trabajar para sanar las divisiones, aprender de los demás y encontrar el equilibrio. La vista desde mi...
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Kat Peters
- Oct 12, 2020
- 8 min
Us/them + I/we = both/and
In a complicated world, we can work to bridge divides, learn from others, and find balance. The view from my apartment where I lived for...
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Kat Peters
- Sep 18, 2020
- 5 min
The oxcart is broken, and I love you
When the anxiety hamster wheel begins to spin there’s no telling what else might get broken, besides just the oxcart wheel. Hopefully not...
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Kat Peters
- Sep 3, 2020
- 4 min
El mes de la patria (Independence Month)
The kind of pride that shows when all people get to participate in the national story seems like something to celebrate. My first...
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Kat Peters
- Aug 8, 2020
- 2 min
Prelude
As I continue to process our bilingual, dual-citizen life, it occurs to me that my life’s work will need to bridge at least two...
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