Beginning in 1975 & continuing until 2008, Carol Vlassoff, a demographer & women’s health specialist, has been travelling to the rural village of Gove, Maharashtra in India to study and record the lives of the people living there; in particular the roles and status of males and females – sons
Read MoreBy Amber Zuckswert As we step into the dawn of a new year we have one simple choice: To bounce out of bed with radiant energy, eager to jump into the adventures and endless opportunity of the day. Or, sluggishly roll out dreading work with brain fog, anxiety and worry.
Read MoreBy Sarah Munro If you’re a fisherman sitting reading this article, and it’s the first bit of January, you’re about to drop the magazine and run for the nearest boat. The fishing is WAILING this time of year, and you are definitely in one of the top 5 fishing destinations
Read MoreBy Nancy Buchan Best wishes to all for a fun-filled and prosperous 2014! Now I may be too broke to pay attention, but I can help with the fun part! There are three music festivals coming up in January and February in our area that are guaranteed to be fun!
Read MoreCAPRICORN – December 22-January 19 Crying over spilt milk may seem like a folly, but perhaps not if you’ve spilt piping hot milk over your naked body. Weekend “raves” are not something that happen to you anymore. But it’s okay, you have things like Wogan instead.RULING GEMSTONE: GARNETFAMOUS CAPRICORN: BENEDICT
Read MoreBienvenidos/Welcome to 2014 in Paradise! Happy New Year to everyone – we hope you are having a great time …you have come to a wonderful place to enjoy everything that Costa Rica has to offer-and more…we have the most exciting tours and the best restaurants so play hard and eat
Read MoreBy Paul Gerace, Dominical I had been photographing this sloth with it’s baby for about a month and a half. The baby was always clinging to her and they were never apart. They stayed in the same tree for about a week at a time, but always returned to that
Read MoreBy Shelagh Duncan Bathroom Lighting When it comes to lighting, an often ignored area of our homes is the bathroom. We’ll choose great tiles and faucets, but lighting usually plays a supporting role. Whether we opt for that minimalist Spa look, luxurious opulence, or just a serene place of refuge,
Read MoreBy Os ¡Feliz Navidad amig@s! Quick review, before we start I need you to be sure that you can both understand and say these lifesaving pregunta words. ¿Cómo? = ¿How? ¿Qué? = ¿What? ¿Dónde? = ¿Where? ¿Cuándo? = ¿When? ¿Cuál? = ¿Which? ¿Quién? = ¿Who? ¿Cuánt@? = ¿How much? ¿Cuánt@s?
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi The good people at Ojala Publishing have your invitation waiting for you, in the form of their new book, “Fronteras Naturales”, or “Nature Unbound”, a collaborative project by photographers Luciano Capelli, Juan Jose & Sergio Pucci, with underwater images provided by Diego Mejias and Jose Manzilla. The
Read MoreCamote (our local sweet potato) is the world’s healthiest food according to the USDA’s North Atlantic Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging. It’s an energy food because of high carbohydrate contents. It can replace rice in diet. It’s good for diabetics. It helps stabilize blood sugar levels by increasing adiponectin,
Read MoreBy Nancy Buchan The great Jamaican musician Bob Marley wrote a song back in the late 70’s about jamming. It was a celebration of sorts – an enthusiastic anthem for the Rastafari movement and an effort to take music outside of the socially deprived areas of Jamaica to an international
Read MoreBy M.Sc. Daniela Solano-Rojas, President, Fundación [email protected] In 1999 when I started my career at the University of Costa Rica, I never imagined that an organization started by 2 kids willing to save the rainforest in tropical Costa Rica would be such an important inspiration to my future work. Kids
Read MoreBy Sarah Munro One word. ANGST. That’s right, that’s what happens when a sea-loving maven doesn’t get to stretch her legs on the water often enough. Especially when the fish are running. I managed one offshore trip this month, had to cancel three others. Funny how I work to fish
Read MoreSAGITTARIUS – November 22-December 21 There is a lot of anger in your brain. Douse it with cool, flavoursome beer. Everything you are thinking about will end up getting lost in some sort of fuzzy logic.RULING GEMSTONE: TURQUOISEFAMOUS SAGITTARIUS: WALT DISNEY CAPRICORN – December 22-January 19 If you’re ignorant are
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