Happy Holidays 2015 was a year where I lived in three cities and four residences. That right there is wacky. It was also a year where I had a series of wacky, odd personal experiences. Let me review. For instance, consider this. Three times this year I was […]
The year of 2015 has been an odd one for me. I look outside my Los Angeles balcony and I pinch myself. How did I get here? I like to think of myself as someone who can walk through many doors. I can slide through one […]
Am I spooked? Do I know who you are? Do you want to know me? We are one But torn apart by the sun Moonlight intertwines us Are you just the darker side of me? Do you want to run ahead of me? Can we slow dance […]
When I traveled to Cuba five years ago, I was struck by the warmth of the people, the pristine beaches and the barely-standing buildings in which people lived. The old and the new standing side by side, propping the other up, waiting with bated breath for a change […]
He closed his eyes and sighed Powerless to change the course I clicked my heels but didn’t disappear He went off instead into the netherworld I cried Stripped my pride There was no stride He was gentle and small The fuzziest cheese curd Nothing but love Why […]
A color without color in my travels It is interesting that the color white, which is an achromatic color meaning that it is a color without a color shines so vibrantly throughout the world. White is composed of a mixture of all frequencies of the light of the […]
Touching but not hugging I just returned from a business trip where I must have exchanged over 100 hugs. It was hug central. Which is what happens when you attend a conference for a field where everybody knows everybody and you are all supposedly overflowing with compassion. Note […]
Connecting with Cuba: Un día volveré I am a Puerto Rican in California dreaming of Cuba. It may seem odd to some. However, I wonder what will happen to the Cuba I fell in love with five years ago now that US-Cuba relations have thawed enormously. I dream […]
Eyeful delights Today is labor day and is a day to rest and be nostalgic about the fruits of our labor. One such fruit is that of vacation and travel. Why do we travel? Wanderlust. Why do we travel? A need to experience new cultures. Why do we […]
A Puerto Rican in San Francisco Do you know the song by Sting called “Englishman in New York.” It’s a pop Jazz wannabe fusion melody. Admittedly, it is a little catchy but would be wholeheartedly out of place nowadays with its phrases such as “I’m a legal alien.” […]