Courage

My female heroes — Having traveled here for many years, I had adopted Costa Rica as my home away from home. I’m especially fond of the valley in the southern zone, in the hills surrounding San Isidro de El General. Here, I find peace and tranquility and time to reset. However, it was not…

A short story — “Teach a lesson to those farmers,” the landlord yelled at his son who was heading out for debt collection in the village. Raja, the landlord’s son, was going out for debt collection alone today as his father was not keeping well. Over the last two decades, he had seen his…

You have more control than you think. — If there is one virtue that runs a little too deep in my veins, it is the need for harmony at any cost. I don’t just believe in “live and let live.” I will channel my inner chameleon to manifest that outcome. …

I never imagined it could be mine — It’s a quick shuteye before the alarm goes off in the middle of the night. The coming month will be no different. And I better get used to squeezing sleep into whatever time is left of the day. Until a rhythm hopefully kicks in. I am a tractor wallah. One…