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Good food, togetherness, and joy and love for 2022
Español Good food, togetherness, and joy and love for 2022 In this post: I talk about my Christmas holidays in France, about good food and drink, and how I happened to add one more New Year’s resolution to my list. Between Lens and Paris, old boxes, new boxes and memories, some things change, one lives…
Read MoreKFC and a bottle of Prosecco
Cultural identity and the ways in which we celebrate or not. Life goes fast and life goes slow, confusingly, both at the same time.
Read MorePart IV: Farewell to the Ones I Love
Part IV: Farewell to the ones I Love In this post: In this blog post, my trek back to Qatar and how my trip became a goodbye pilgrimage in more ways than one. I debated whether I should finish this series or not; I am tired and the process is painful. I finished the text,…
Read MorePart III: Food and the Road to Memories
A Month in Puerto Rico Part III: Food and the Road to Memories In this post: The summer is almost over and so many things have happened. I don’t know if you follow the news, there had been, in my home island, pacific revolutions—I’d say big parties to effect revolutions, if such a thing is…
Read MoreA Month in Puerto Rico Part II: Land of Coffee and Beer
Terrace at “El Museo del Café” A Month in Puerto Rico Part II: Land of Coffee and Beer In this post: Coffee, beer, and shopping on the island of enchantment. My first outing while in Puerto Rico was for shopping. There is a new super Walmart in Toa Baja that is all the rage with…
Read MoreA Month in Puerto Rico Part I: Home and thereabouts
Dorado, Puerto Rico A Month in Puerto Rico Part I: Home and thereabouts In this post: I have spent about a month in Puerto Rico, mostly taking care of some family affairs like helping to take care of my mom and watching, with a lot of pride, my niece graduating from high school. In between family engagements, however,…
Read MoreEverything you own, owns you
Everything you own, owns you In this post: A little over a year ago I was in Paris with my awesome husband experiencing, not romance as you would expect, but a sense of confusion. The renovation of our apartment had started a little before we had anticipated and we arrived home to find that we…
Read MoreOn hurricanes and open heart surgery
On hurricanes and open heart surgery In this post: I am a happy person, not a inherently happy person but a person who has worked hard for her happiness. Naturally, when life sucks big time I am as despondent as everybody else and I haven’t been able to catch a break since at least 2013.…
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