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Afro-Latinos, history, Spanish Culture and Language

5 Articles to Celebrate Latino and Hispanic Heritage Month

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 […]

photography

Classic

Old school pool. Grandpa’s teaching the grandkids billiards. They are eager pupils. Fun to watch them play. Do you play pool? This is my first post for Debbie’s One Word Sunday. I may have broken the rules with my narrative. Love the crafting of the billiard rack! ¡Olé! –Rebecca #OWS and #OneWordSunday.

Gardening, Nature, photography

Which Have a Jump on Spring?

Which plants are peeking in advance? What was the most beautiful flower, bird or tree you saw outside (or through the window) this week? ¡Olé! –Rebecca Check out Debbie and Friends’ great pics at Six Word Saturday. #6WS #SixWordSaturday

Gardening, photography

Under Maidens Bower for a Kiss

“…And the days dwindle down to a precious fewSeptember, November,And these few precious days, I’ll spend with youThese precious days, I’ll spend with you.” –”Knickerbocker Holiday” (1938) Music: Kurt Weill / Lyrics: Maxwell Anderson In the days of front porch visits to court your love interest, Maiden’s Bower was grown on the Western side to block out the strong afternoon sun. […]

Humor, Natural World, Spanish Culture and Language

Fish in Tree? Can that Be?

3 silly signs we saw. Yesterday, Eagle and I went on a bike ride to a park nearby. For me, this was a grand achievement. My ankle has healed enough to pedal, hurrah! As we traveled along the bike path, we saw the funniest sign, if taken out of context: We’d never seen a tree […]

En español, photography, Spanish Culture and Language, writing

Shadows Play with the Light

Shadows Play with the Light (en español abajo) At times the eternal dance crystalizes The fiction of our divisions shatters The union of equal halves ensues The fear of bright or dark vanishes We unify our social orbits transformed The belief in our humanity rebirthed Our households separate no more interchangeable. –Rebecca Cuningham 27 March […]