Puerto Rico – Fake Flamenco

bilingual, En español, Life as a Woman, Puerto Rico, Spanish Culture and Language, writing

March 2023 Poetry Challenge: Women We Admire

This March poetry challenge I learned about what is possible in one short poem. I set the challenge goal for free verse poetry of fewer than 40 words. That proved to be too limited a space to describe a phenomenal woman! Congratulations to the three poets who were extra concise. Five fabulous poems celebrating women; […]

Afro-Latinos, book review, Latinas in the News, Puerto Rico, Spanish Culture and Language, writing

Writer Quiara Alegría Hudes Takes Stage and Screen by Storm

Quiara Alegría Hudes has my full attention. Her screenplay for In the Heights, her memoir My Broken Language, and her plays. In 2012, Water by the Spoonful, won a Pulitzer Prize. Quiara was born in the United States to a Puerto Rican mother and a Jewish American father. Hudes tells Caribbean-American stories that previously were […]

Afro-Latinos, Argentina, Chile, Latinas in the News, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spanish Culture and Language, The Americas

Spanish & Portuguese on the Podium

Latin America and Spain have many top tier athletes this year at the 2020 Olympics. Talented men and women from the Caribbean and South America are proudly bringing home medals. Gold! Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela broke the world record for the triple jump, 15.67 meters = 51 feet! Country Bronze Silver Gold Argentina Rugby against […]

Architecture, Puerto Rico, Spanish Culture and Language

December News from Latin America AKA Feel I’ve Lost a Friend

Long Live Arecibo Three months ago I dedicated a post to the world famous radio telescope in Puerto Rico. Touring that site was a highlight of the end of our honeymoon on the Isla del Encanto (Island of Enchantment). The largest telescope I had seen in person, it was truly amazing in its grandeur. The […]

En español, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spanish Culture and Language

December Free Verse Poetry Challenge/Reto poetico libre verso de diciembre

Thank you writers, for wonderful poems from near and far! This month our poets are from Puerto Rico, the United States, the UK, and Mexico. Five are new for this challenge and one is shared from a published work. I love the traditions shared and the skillful use of both languages. I appreciate the words […]

Puerto Rico, Spanish Culture and Language, travel

Throwback Thursday: Arecibo Observatory

Before we went to the Island of Puerto Rico for our honeymoon, I’d made a list of sights that were must sees. The enormous radio telescope was one we didn’t want to miss. The Arecibo Observatory has nestled in the karst* region of Puerto Rico since 1963. (*A karst is a natural sinkhole.) For 50 […]