A better future is within reach, and one local coffee roaster is leading the way through the direct purchase of high quality specialty...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Find the video transcript, full credits, and extra resources for helping you identify and protect migratory birds in your community....

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...

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...

En mi caso, mis padres guardaron mi pasado en su sótano. Los refugiados no pueden darse ese lujo. English version here. Belky Hernández...

In my case, my parents guarded my past in their basement. Refugees don't have that luxury. Versión en español aquí. Belky Hernandez...

Two local high school students gave me great parenting advice in a context where white-supremacy is real: listen to my kids, and talk...

En este mes del amor y la amistad, necesitamos escuchar a los demás. Pero también, por un tiempo, estoy tratando de implementar lo que...

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...