En español – Fake Flamenco

2 Wheels Spoke to Me

Today Eagle and I biked from our house to our friend’s house near the Arboretum. I thought the ride was an easy peasy 3 miles. It was 5 miles each way (8 km); we got a good second ride of the season in! Flying wheels cruising down the bike highway curving round the lake hugging […]

bilingual, En español, Gardening, photography, Spanish Culture and Language

May 2023 Haiku Poetry Challenge

Thank you poets, for a wonderful, rich response to the prompt “waterfall of stars,” a phrase by novelist David Robertson. I’ve enjoyed reading your poems with myriad themes inspired by his phrase. Gracias, poetas, por tus respuestas ricas y maravillosas a “cascada estrellar” frase por el novelista David Robertson. Disfruté de leer tus poemas con […]

bilingual, En español, Nature, photography, Spanish

May 2023 Poetry Challenge

Looking forward to our online poetry soirée for May! This month we will write a haiku (5/7/5 syllables) using the phrase “Waterfall of Stars.” See example below. While reading a YA story recommended by our teen called The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson, I came across this phrase and thought it was beautiful. Haikus […]

bilingual, Chile, En español, history, Indigenous Peoples, Spanish Culture and Language

2 Million Plus Protest Election

Sunday’s election for a new Chilean Constitutional Congress showed major dissent. A full 20% of the ballots were blank or purposely invalid. Of 15 million eligible voters in this mandatory election, only 12 million cast their votes. The right is claiming victory, since they won a majority of the seats in the 50-person congress. However, […]

bilingual, En español, Gardening, photography

3 in a Sea of Tranquility

Gardening; my internal compass resets from the pull of the earth beneath my feet. 3 en un mar de tranquilidad. Jardinería; mi brújula interior se reinicia por tener la tierra bajo mis pies. Gardening gives methe tranquility to livethe day’s etcetera. –Rebecca Cuningham, 1 May 2023 Jardineríame da la tranquilidadsuelto etcétera. –Rebecca Cuningham, 1 mayo […]

bilingual, En español, Gardening, Nature, photography, Spanish

Dragonflies Dancing on my Head

My favorite gossamer winged garden visitors have made swamplands their home for millions of years. They are excellent predators and I’m very glad they’re on our side. They can eat hundreds of insects a day. I will dedicate a final poetry month free verse poem to these spectacular creatures. Mis visitantes preferidos con alas ligeras […]