Two young hard working Ticos showed up with a ‘can do’ attitude and plenty of elbow grease to harvest Amarillon and Mayo Colorado last weekend. Work yet to be done with the Tropical Forestry Initiative. I meet with U.S. Ambassador Anne Andrew this week to present my findings and progress.
I have been mired in red tape, struggling to get my equipment delivered so I could get some woodworking done for this project. Well it’s all here, finally. With the help of good friends I finally managed to get everything shipped, loaded, transported, offloaded, and now I am setting everything up. I have been working …
Asking government officials and university administrators in a developing third world nation to commit large sums of money and other resources, to a foreigner, to bring his colleagues from seven nations, to create monumental scale public sculpture in their city is no easy task. But I did it, and succeeded. I have been hammering at …
J. William Fulbright theorized that if the United States fostered international exchange of its most promising scholars with thinkers of foreign countries, that understanding, tolerance, and innovation would be spread amongst the peoples of the earth. I subscribed.
Lazarus, world. world, Lazarus. Much has happened since my last post from the edge of the world. I have finally worked out my teaching schedule with the National University of Costa Rica and I have finally secured stable living arrangements in the mountains of the Southern Zone – a getaway home affectionately called the …
La Lluna de Valencia. If you find yourself in the Central Valley of Costa Rica put this one at the top of your list. We feasted the night away on delicately sliced hams, dried sausages, olives, cheeses, bruschetta, garlic butter and table breads, followed by authentic Spanish paella with red wine.
A lot has happened in the last week or so, some difficulties, some triumphs, but such is life in the tropics. My week didn’t start perfectly but it did end that way.
first Mayo Colorado tree is on the ground! Everything is coming together smoothly.
used every piece of equipment bolted to my truck to save a man’s livelihood.
craft school, solar kilns, international Sculpture Symposium, solo exhibition, teaching…