More about me and why I'm blogging

I was taken in and taught Spanish by a local family, and began to make the acquaintance of my "Tico" (Costa Rican) neighbors--hard-working farmers and laborers who'd spent their lives working the mountainous soils with horses and oxen to produce beans, rice, maize, yucca,sugar cane, and squashes. They invited me into their life of extended familial warmth, generosity, cleanliness, and religion. It was a new world to me, one that seemed somehow more centered in the heart than the world I inhabit in the United States. It's also a world that is disappearing rapidly.
Bridges & More is a non-profit I've established to help my neighbors in San Josecito hold onto their land and their lives in the midst of disruptive economic and social changes that have already dispossessed too many Costa Rican Campesinos. It's a small organization focused on the tiny town of San Josecito. I've started this blog to post pictures and newsletters to share with Bridges & More supporters.
With my thanks,
Elizabeth