http://www.motherjungle.com A mother in the jungle of Costa Rica gets to the heart of the matter of living in paradise and Down Syndrome. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:36:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In it's first preview performance, The Coffee Dance premiered in an event to celebrate International Women's Day at the Centro Costarricense de Producción Cinematográfica in San José, Costa Rica. The screening was a special event because the women who'd allowed me into their lives for over a year were bused in ... http://www.motherjungle.com/costa-rica/the-coffee-dance-screening-a-great-success-in-costa-rica/2010/03 To celebrate International Woman's Day on March 8, 2010, the Centro Costarricense de Producción Cinematográfica del Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud in San José, Costa Rica will present, The Coffee Dance, a documentary film about a group of women in La Carpio, Costa Rica struggling to not improve their lives, ... http://www.motherjungle.com/costa-rica/the-coffee-dance-a-new-documentary-films-previews-about-costa-rica/2010/03 Hundreds of large, black ants scurried out of the squirt holes of the bidet when I turned the water on. Every night, these creatures left their nest in search of food and flooded my bathroom. Needless to say, at one in the morning, this can be annoying and even dangerous ... http://www.motherjungle.com/costa-rica/costa-rica-brims-with-life-on-the-inside-and-out/2010/03 We got some masks and kicked it up. A party store is down the street, so for a few colones, we picked out some masks and had some fun. It was inevitable that Addison went for Barney. I looked like an over-decorated chicken. We got the nanny to put hers ... http://www.motherjungle.com/uncategorized/its-easy-to-get-crazy-with-a-little-help-from-barney/2010/03 Watching the new National Stadium go up in San José, had finally gotten interesting. The old, crumbling stadium was torn down, which left a big pit of dirt. Bit by bit, an arc has appeared out of the sky. A rendering of what the park will look like can be seen ... http://www.motherjungle.com/travel/costa-rica-is-getting-a-new-stadium/2010/02 A cool breeze. Some days we just wait for a cool breeze to swing by and pass for a moment of relief. Then, perhaps, the rest of the day will be more bearable. The poorest of neighbors suffer from lack of water, paved roads, and enough telephone lines, and trash pick ... http://www.motherjungle.com/costa-rica/reaching-out-for-a-cool-breeze/2010/02 MotherJungle was just included in the "What the World Eats" project. A photo from MotherJungle appears with a table full of the food we typically eat in one week. It is interesting, challenging, and fun thing to do with the family. When our organic produce arrived for the week, we some ... http://www.motherjungle.com/costa-rica/what-the-world-eats-hooks-up-with-costa-rica/2010/02 Although I only stopped in for a pair of shoes, but I considered buying this. Then, every time my son knocks over the flower vase with stale water or my daughter whines about her homework or the money runs out of the checking account when I thought I had enough....I ... http://www.motherjungle.com/costa-rica/what-happened-to-this-guy/2010/02 What makes us realize we're going in the wrong direction? The amount of choices we have to make in one day can be crippling if we think about it too long. I watched this sister walk up the street and back again. She must have decided she was going the wrong ... http://www.motherjungle.com/uncategorized/which-way-is-the-right-way/2010/02 Coming to terms with Barney has been a long road, a journey of acceptance. He's easy to single-out, pick-on, and laugh at. Just his color gets parents going. The room is often split: There are those that will cry out that the program is too simple - we should be ... http://www.motherjungle.com/costa-rica/coming-to-terms-with-barney/2010/02