Lucky star wishes were once grand: Today I just want the snow to go away and be in Candyland I was young when Madonna came out with the song Lucky Star. I remember all the young girls around me singing away to the lyrics at recess. Looking back, […]
My Hispanic Kitchen While Traveling the Road: Sazón and Café con Leche Daily Prompt: Ingredients I barely cook. Hmm. Let me qualify this further. What is less than barely cooking? I cook every once in a blue moon. Unfortunately, I do not have much time for cooking. I […]
Living in a New York Oz Neighborhood: The Racer, The Smoker, The Harangued Mommy, and The Pet-Friendly Curmudgeon Daily Prompt: Good Fences A while back, Hilary Clinton noted that it takes a village to raise a child. At the time, I lived in California and wondered whether I […]
My mom 100% unabashedly believed in ghosts. I thus grew up with ghosts in my corner, or so that is where I placed them. It may be that nobody outs baby in the corner, but ghosts they readily belong therein. My son, until about the age of four, […]
Ashes To Earth: May you Rest Peacefully in the Water Daily Prompt: Water Ashes of life, of a good humble life, glisten in the stream. The brightness of your love carries me forth through my dreams To a paradise your spirit goes, coming up against the softened rocks […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition in Havana, Cuba I landed at around 9am in Havana, Cuba. By the afternoon, I already went through the orientation session and had set off on a walking adventure with four other Americans. We explored to our hearts content, catching a vibrant and dynamic city […]
Daily Prompt: Teaching The Art of Being an Other On a dark, gray rainy day on a train platform in the small town of Ripoll, Spain I awaited the delayed RENFE (train) that would take me back to Barcelona. I had just had a fabulous time in this […]
Right off the bat I have to note this was meant to be an old-school reflection in the vein of the recent social media phenomenon of throwback Thursdays. Today is Friday. I kind of missed the boat on that one. That’s just how this week has been rolling. […]
When I first met Milo, he was this scruffy pekinese from the streets. Or so we thought. We adopted him from a local ASPCA after numerous trips looking for our perfect dog. And boy was he perfect. He had an attitude, he had charisma, he had a unique […]
Your love should have been an oasis But I was no savior And you’re rage was cold Idyllic walks up the hills Were nothing but handful of bitter pills And slippery slopes There was no steadiness Just a constant fear of sudden rumblings Waiting for the […]