Growing up, this was Columbus Day. That has been changed officially this year to Indigenous Peoples’ Day which seems fitting. What we need right now is to learn what Indigenous People know far better than Europeans, to live with the earth. There are endless lessons about respect for nature, for water and for animals the […]
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Five articles with a diverse view of what it means to be from Latin America and Spain, on Fake Flamenco. Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month is September 15 – October 15. How will you celebrate; with food, music, a book, a film perhaps? I will celebrate by researching women playwrights from Latin America; a subject I realize […]
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Read Rosaliene Bacchus’ second novel The Twisted Circle when you have a completely free weekend, because you may not be able to put it down. Set in a tropical Guyana, South America, the story based on the country’s history follows a Catholic nun about to take her vows who teaches in a rural school. The […]
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On our walk Monday morning we discovered an oil painter perched on the sidewalk in front of a Trachte building on Commercial Avenue. I went up to say hello. He introduced himself as John Elliot and told us the story of how the building was his favorite record store during college. Mr. Elliot went to […]
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Úrsula Hilaria Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso was called the Queen of Salsa. You may know her as Celia Cruz. A lifetime secret, 1925 was her birth year. She lived for 77 years; 42 of those years outside her beloved Cuba. In 1960 Celia Cruz left Cuba for a gig in Mexico and never returned to […]
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Throwback Thursday takes us to the magnificent Chichen Itzá, our destination in 2005 days after our Ruta Puuc tour. (Click name to see the earlier August post.) The site is four square miles, so give yourself a full day to look around. El Castillo – Temple of Kukulkan (Quetzalcoatl) This tremendous monument was built in […]
Read moreCheers to frolicking through life, finding beauty, passion and good food - with a mini me sidekick and a roll with the punches approach.
A journey through IVF to be a solo mum by choice
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Great Blue Herons: A study in patience and grace
