by Emma Tristán | May 1, 2026 | Articles
Then came the warning, delivered with One Sunday, like so many others, we arrived for breakfast at my in-laws’ house. As usual, I stepped out into the garden to admire the plants growing as if all the lushness of the tropics had been condensed into that small corner...
by Jurgen Ureña | Apr 12, 2026 | Articles
One of my earliest childhood memories is marked by the battle with insomnia. On those long nights, my mother, patient and resigned, would prepare me a cup of hot milk that she would baptize with a splash of wine. The remedy worked like the chorus of a Julio Iglesias...
by Mariela Sáenz | Apr 7, 2026 | Articles
The Bible relates that, before and during the crucifixion, Jesus was accompanied by three women: Mary, his mother, Mary Magdalene, and Mary of Clopas. It is not surprising that, two millennia later, the image of a caregiver is still feminine: a mother, an aunt, a...
by Jurgen Ureña | Apr 6, 2026 | Articles
Once, for four or five weeks, I was a fly nest. This happened when I was ten years old, during a vacation with my maternal grandparents, on a farm in San Carlos de Alajuela. Those were days of getting up early and milking cows next to spotted horses, small calves and...
by Emma Tristán | Apr 5, 2026 | Articles
Sometimes, by accident, someone notices a shape, takes a photo, and raises the question: is it a bone or a piece of wood? A fossil or just another fragment of the landscape? The answer becomes a story—at least for those who know how to read the signs. Along a stretch...
by Jurgen Ureña | Mar 22, 2026 | Articles
The neighbors began to arrive at six o’clock. First a couple arrived with flowers; then another with a bottle of wine; then one more with sandwiches. They came two by two, smiling, generous, following the path of the garden. They celebrated the orchids on the...
