Category: Random

>Fairly certain that the grammar in that title is Spanglish, at best.  It is Sunday of the first full weekend I have been home, and everyone says I look different.  Some said it in different ways, but the essence is the same.  I wish everyone could make or take the opportunity to do for themselves…

>i have just returned from having lived in san miguel de allende, guanajuato, mexico, since june 27th, 2004.  talk about culture shock.  i had an amazing time in the city, making new friends that i really believe will go the distance.  there are only so many stories you can share with a group of like-minded…

>Good lord at staying out toda la noche.  But I was not the only one, ¡Gracias a Dios!  Sarah got home at 0800 hours and Julia at 1030 hours.  So my adventure began at around 7:30 or 8:00 pm. Closer to 9:00pm.  Melissa wanted to go salsa dancing, por supuesto, and I went with her. …

>January 30, 2004 I just surveyed the contents of my refrigerator/freezer, and I came up with this: in the bottom half — one bag of flax seeds, four pieces of wheat berry sliced bread. Six single-serving packages of orange juice (yes, from concentrate), a half-bottle of chardonnay, three broccoli trees… In the top: three chicken…

>I cannot remember if I wrote a 2002 update last year. I’m thinking probably not, since I couldn’t afford stamps! I started a new and quite interesting job in January 2003 – Head Start teacher in a bilingual program in Longview, Texas. I took over for a teacher who was reassigned to another grade level,…

>How is it that the word, “marriage” is so terribly close in appearance and pronunciation “mirage”? Is it an accident? A cruel twist? Or a very deliberate and horribly overt offering from the hand of God Himself? I just saw “Le Divorce” at the Carmike 10, in Longview, Texas. And while I was not the…

>May 17, 2002 WARNING!  some of you do NOT want to read this. (specifically, Teshuvah, RAK, and PJW-S) due to subject matter involving killing animals for sport.  and dinner. yesterday, i went to the ballet.  the “dramatic ballet dance with death”, according to matador Mario Carrión.  yep, a bullfight. after the disastrous trip to Granada,…

Had a fantastic time last night at the dinner cooked by the New York chef. Pork Loin stuffed with almonds and apples and something else. Some kind of chutney that was fantastic with hidden essences of somethingor other. A lovely sauce for the pork. Grilled asparagus. Bread with roasted garlic and real butter. Cous-cous and…

last night i went to a flamenco concert. where one is able to see 8,000,000 kinds of talent all at once. the first part of the show had a female featured artist named Rosario Toledo, dancing in front of a row of five guys — two singers, two guitar players and a percussionist. she was…

>you would think these things would subside. but iguess if you are allergic to smoke and tobacco, youare just going to have to learn to accept limited breathing capacity or always be doped up. i am seeking some euphoria in the middle. at least. africa hot again today. and am wondering if when i go…