Love – Fake Flamenco

bilingual, En español, Spanish Culture and Language, writing

New Poems: October 2022 Poetry Challenge

I savored reading all ten acrostic poems about love dedicated to; a mother, a beloved, a partner, a husband, two cats and very appropriately, the earth! The challenge was to write a short acrostic poem about a person or animal companion you love. Thanks to the talented poets hailing from seven countries who participated this […]

Spanish Culture and Language, travel

25 Years Ago Today

Evan and I went on our first date in 1994. While we were going to UT Austin, we met at a party in 1993. First we dated each other’s colleagues. He and I were friends for a year and email pen pals for two months when internet mail was new. Correspondence was key to us […]

bilingual, Spanish Culture and Language

Week of the Cactus

Weeks like this where all three of us have colds really stink! We’d been very lucky this winter and avoided many ills. This one got us good, however; congested, voiceless, coughing at night… We sat down for our bilingual dinner last night. My husband scarcely had a voice, but was game to croak out some […]