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Latest Blogs

How to Return when there is No Turning Back
Adventure, Central America, Nomadism

How to Return when there is No Turning Back

March 1, 2018May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

The plane lands. The boat docks. The train whistles as it arrives at the station. You step off. Pause. Look around. Friends and loved ones wait […]

Microadventure in Costa Rica: 3 Snippets of Daily Life
Adventure, Central America

Microadventure in Costa Rica: 3 Snippets of Daily Life

December 20, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

Whether I’m hopping continents or battling insects in my jungle house, life is always some kind of a wild ride… or a microadventure! These days, […]

Podcast: WERK for Peace Founding Organizer Firas Nasr talks Peaceful Protesting
Culture, Peace

Podcast: WERK for Peace Founding Organizer Firas Nasr talks Peaceful Protesting

December 11, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

Introducing (maybe): a new platform for all the podcast lovers in here! Last week I had the honor of speaking with WERK for Peace founding organizer (and […]

How Technology Could (Maybe) Create a Nu World
Central America, Culture, Peace

How Technology Could (Maybe) Create a Nu World

November 27, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 11 mins read

Everything you wanted to know about my new work with NuMundo and studies in Media and Peacebuilding… and then some. What will the internet age […]

It’s Not about Being Good—It’s about Being Bold
Poetry & Fiction

It’s Not about Being Good—It’s about Being Bold

November 5, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

“It’s time to be bold, stand up, and share your art OUT LOUD.” Thus reads the event description for the open mic night I’m organizing this […]

Why I Don’t Care about International Relations
Central America, Peace

Why I Don’t Care about International Relations

October 13, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 7 mins read

[Our] accomplishments do not make the Western paradigm exceptional or suggest in any way that it has or ought to have a monopoly on the […]

Pure Light, Pure Life: A Costa Rica Snapshot
Central America, Nature

Pure Light, Pure Life: A Costa Rica Snapshot

September 30, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

At the edge of Ciudad Colón, Costa Rica, in 6 am light The light falling through my windows at 6 am cleans the sleep from my […]

On Growing Wings & The Value of Figuring It Out for Yourself
Adventure, Central America, Travel Advice

On Growing Wings & The Value of Figuring It Out for Yourself

September 23, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

I have the clearest memory of asking my father for help tying my shoes. I was sitting on the bottom step of our unfinished basement—I […]

But Still: A Short Story on the Wisdom of Trust
Adventure, Poetry & Fiction, Travel Advice

But Still: A Short Story on the Wisdom of Trust

September 13, 2017May 23, 2019 Toby 3 mins read

“Trust no one,” the wise ones said. Deep-lined faces, milk eyes clouded with all the memories of all the misfortunes of all the ages, they hummed […]

How to be an Incorrigible Optimist, or, What I’m Doing in Costa Rica
Central America, Culture

How to be an Incorrigible Optimist, or, What I’m Doing in Costa Rica

August 27, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

“We are the crazy ones who choose to believe in peace,” he concluded. One sliver in a blurred progression of notable speakers and presentations that […]

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