writing – Fake Flamenco

Natural World, Sports, The Americas, writing

Shining, Sparkling Snow Round Tenney Lagoon

Shining, Sparkling Snow Bright day, 0ºC my feet dream of skates, snowshoes, skis. Winter calls out love me, you– today in my glory and I’ll dazzle your eyes and soul. Dark eyelashes shield me from sun mirrored snow twice the light of a summer day. Enamored, clothed in layers, I don the boots with metal […]

Humor, Spanish Culture and Language, writing

Witty in 7 Letters or Less

Madison may be the personalized license plate capital of the United States. [example: QUIRKY] Why do we see five or more vanity plates per day here? [MTHRSHP] We have a liberal Department of Transportation policy, a low initial investment, and an individualist culture. [SNAZZY] Instead of a $100 up front fee for a specialized plate, in Wisconsin […]

Latinas, Latinas in the News, Mexico, Spanish Culture and Language, writing

First Latina Poet Laureate of Madison

Thursday night I was fortunate enough to attend a reading by Angela Trudell Vasquez, Madison’s new poet laureate. She read from In Light, Always Light. Her poems are elegant and sparse. Word-by-word they lodge themselves in our hearts. Angie is an engaging speaker who builds rapport with her audience through personal anecdotes, a warm presence […]

blogging, writing

A Life Less Cluttered

Living a Life Less Cluttered I cannot see my life for all the bits and bobs strewn cross every surface. The muddle and jumble plague my fraying mind manifesting that clutter is a thought unfin. What if in each room I make a new start amid tornadoes of sorting? Exhuming my archeologies leveling walls of […]

blogging, Spanish Culture and Language, writing

¡Olé! 300 Followers for Fake Flamenco

Hola Readers, Well, as you might know, I was so excited about 300 followers, I hit publish more quickly than I’d planned. Thank you so much, each of you for reading, for commenting and for subscribing to Fake Flamenco! You are my inspiration and my community. I am thankful to know you. Mil gracias (a […]

Chile, Living Abroad, Spanish Culture and Language, writing

3 Libraries I Love/3 Bibliotecas que amo

My love affair with libraries stretches back to childhood. Our mother would take us every week to peruse the shelves of our local library a mile away down the Minnehaha Parkway in Minneapolis. When I was elementary school aged, I’d check out as many hard bound and soft bound stories as I could carry from […]