sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Jan 6, 2012, 8:45 am
06-01-2012 The old man wanders the hallways of his prison searching for an exit, unsteady on his feet. Like a gagiit, the  Haida indians’ lost soul, one who has been carried away but whose spirit is too strong to die, he caroms from one world to another in his solitary limbo.
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Jan 5, 2012, 1:45 pm
05-01-2012 Amid the chatter of happy tourists—coming or going like cleaning ants— I sit in silence. Traveling alone I watch them swarm with thoughts of what I’ve left behind.   04-01-2012 What emotions leak from my eyes? and why can’t I stop them? What anger churns in my belly? The s...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Jan 3, 2012, 10:47 pm
03-01-2012 Blinding yellow clusters against an azure sky: the Cortez trees are in bloom again this January.
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Sep 28, 2011, 1:56 pm
 Write about what you know. That’s the advice we’ve all been given. On the surface this seems obvious, even trite, but I now know writing about what I don’t know can be vastly more intriguing and rewarding. About a year ago, I posted a blog entry about my Uncle Elliott, who was killed in the...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Jun 17, 2011, 11:43 am
My book review of Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them by Donovan Hohn is live at The Internet Review of Books. I loved this book. Aside from the title, whi...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Jun 3, 2011, 10:22 am
An essay I started a few years ago is in the current Bluestem online quarterly. “Kingfisher” stemmed from a sighting of  one on a morning walk in Costa Rica, where I now live. It is interesting to me how essays evolve. That one started out as pure observation and a memory from my childhood. Th...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - May 28, 2011, 3:25 pm
According to my dictionary, magical realism is a literary genre or style associated especially with Latin America that incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into otherwise realistic fiction. After this week, I would venture to say this definition is largely a North American attempt to gra...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - May 7, 2011, 6:44 pm
Hello Mothers of the world. I don’t know about Spain or Costa Rica or Australia or Japan, but in the United States it is Mother’s Day on Sunday. I am sending every mother I know, and love, a greeting and a few quotes about mothers which I thought were nice (I particularly liked Aristotle’s ta...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - May 4, 2011, 12:50 pm
I’m no Michael Pollan, but I have read his books. And while I cannot speak in the depth he does about seeds, the nature of plants, and the West’s increased reliance on hybridized seeds, I can speak to my own experience. I’ve had vegetable gardens in Costa Rica from time to time, but I’ve us...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Apr 14, 2011, 6:26 pm
I read a fascinating article the other day in my local English newspaper, The Tico Times. According to the story, for the past five years writer José León Sánchez, and philologist Ahiza Vega have been studying the regional written and spoken languages of several native tribes in Costa Rica during...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Mar 17, 2011, 5:05 pm
(Spoiler: this post may contain hyperbole.) Things are looking bleak for the human race. Dire warnings from Al Gore have largely fallen on deaf ears and right-wing Republicans seem bent on steaming ahead spewing carbon into the atmosphere, burning as many fossil fuels as possible, gutting regulator...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Mar 8, 2011, 5:52 pm
The president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, announced yesterday she hoped the International Court at the Hague would move rapidly to resolve the border conflict between Costa Rica and Nicaragua on the Rio San Juan. I wanted to laugh out loud. How hypocritical of her, and of Costa Rica. But, let m...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Oct 6, 2010, 3:29 pm
Okay. Its official. I did it, although not without a few stabs at it and some lost sleep . But this is the simplest way to get where you want to go if you have a Google Apps registered domain name and want it to point to your wordpress blog. This, mind you, is the cheap route: wordpress.com, and  n...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Feb 18, 2010, 3:29 pm
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Feb 18, 2010, 3:29 pm
I've been without Internet for a while now. We seem to have arrived at that place where the U.S. was, say, ten years ago, when the ISP blames the lack of a dial-up connection on the telephone company, and the phone company says they are in the business of telephone calls and therefore—bec...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Feb 18, 2010, 3:29 pm
I’ve been without Internet for a while now. We seem to have arrived at that place where the U.S. was, say, ten years ago, when the ISP blames the lack of a dial-up connection on the telephone company, and the phone company says they are in the business of telephone calls and therefore—becau...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Jan 20, 2010, 9:56 am
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Jan 20, 2010, 9:56 am
Of late, what with all the earthquake coverage, I have felt enormous frustration listening to the Talking Heads and U.S. news anchors speaking about “what should be done for Haiti.” It is a complicated question—-an even more complicated country—-but I don’t think the people as...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Jan 20, 2010, 9:56 am
Of late, what with all the earthquake coverage, I have felt enormous frustration listening to the Talking Heads and U.S. news anchors speaking about "what should be done for Haiti." It is a complicated question—-an even more complicated country—-but I don't think the people asking the quest...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Dec 21, 2009, 5:22 pm
Happy Solstice to all you pagans out there who bow to the gods of lower case letters, and to my parents who married on this longest night of the year many, many years ago. It is humid and sticky here in Punta Uva, something my friends in the northern climes might find a welcome right about now. I s...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Dec 21, 2009, 5:22 pm
Happy Solstice to all you pagans out there who bow to the gods of lower case letters, and to my parents who married on this longest night of the year many, many years ago. It is humid and sticky here in Punta Uva, something my friends in the northern climes might find a welcome right about now. I s...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Dec 21, 2009, 5:22 pm
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Sep 24, 2009, 5:36 pm
Out past the big hospital, the monolith with its reflective glass facade and gun turret windows we waited for you in the car until I caught a glimpse of something Across the herringbone pavers styrofoam para llavar boxes wedged themselves against the curb We walked to the end of the parking lot wher...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Sep 24, 2009, 5:36 pm
Out past the big hospital, the monolith with its reflective glass facade and gun turret windows we waited for you in the car until I caught a glimpse of something Across the herringbone pavers styrofoam para llavar boxes wedged themselves against the curb We walked to the end of the parking lot wher...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Sep 24, 2009, 5:36 pm
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Sep 12, 2009, 5:06 pm
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Sep 12, 2009, 5:06 pm
I wrote to family and friends recently about a hair-raising trip I took from the capital, San Jose, to my home in Talamanca. So I thought I’d attend to the blog and write a bit about driving in Costa Rica.  Ticos are not the worst drivers in the world (regardless of what you’ve heard o...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Sep 12, 2009, 5:06 pm
I wrote to family and friends recently about a hair-raising trip I took from the capital, San Jose, to my home in Talamanca. So I thought I'd attend to the blog and write a bit about driving in Costa Rica.  Ticos are not the worst drivers in the world (regardless of what you've heard or be...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Jul 12, 2009, 4:23 pm
It's been awhile since I've written anything for the blog. It's not that we've been busy with sarna, although I have equated our current difficulties with our neighbors as being worse than mange (but that's another story, another blog). Thank the insect gods, the mites are gone. ...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Jul 12, 2009, 4:23 pm
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Jul 12, 2009, 4:23 pm
It’s been awhile since I’ve written anything for the blog. It’s not that we’ve been busy with sarna, although I have equated our current difficulties with our neighbors as being worse than mange (but that’s another story, another blog). Thank the insect gods, the mites ...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - May 4, 2009, 3:09 pm
I was making great headway with the puppies until two weeks ago. We had a good schedule. They'd conquered Sit, Come, Off, plus a few other commands. And they do comply, even now, about ninety percent of the time. Our walks, three times a day, keep them tired. Cross my heart, knock on wood, and...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - May 4, 2009, 3:09 pm
I was making great headway with the puppies until two weeks ago. We had a good schedule. They’d conquered Sit, Come, Off, plus a few other commands. And they do comply, even now, about ninety percent of the time. Our walks, three times a day, keep them tired. Cross my heart, knock on wood, a...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Apr 21, 2009, 12:46 pm
My husband is 6 feet 3 inches tall. Most Ticos are short, which is why we bought a certain American Standard toilet. It is called The Elderly Cadet and is a couple inches taller than your average toilet. I was appalled by the name and almost refused to buy it. I feel about it the way I feel abo...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Apr 21, 2009, 12:46 pm
My husband is 6 feet 3 inches tall. Most Ticos are short, which is why we bought a certain American Standard toilet. It is called The Elderly Cadet and is a couple inches taller than your average toilet. I was appalled by the name and almost refused to buy it. I feel about it the way I feel abo...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Apr 15, 2009, 11:04 am
The Camroc Press Review We are besotted with microwriting—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, whatever. See the guidelines and submit something that makes us feel real emotions. A short piece a wrote about my father-in-law is up at The Camroc Press Review. I wrote the micro essay several of years ago a...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Apr 15, 2009, 11:04 am
The Camroc Press Review We are besotted with microwriting—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, whatever. See the guidelines and submit something that makes us feel real emotions. A short piece a wrote about my father-in-law is up at The Camroc Press Review. I wrote the micro essay several of years ago a...
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sc morgan posted an article on Writings from Costa Rica - Apr 5, 2009, 3:56 pm
My mother introduced me to Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day a month or so ago, and it has now become affectionately known in our family as ABIFMAD. I gather the authors, Zoe Francois and Jeff Hertzberg, refer to it as AB-in-5. It really doesn't matter what anyone calls it, the important thin...
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