Amor y Sabor (Love + Flavor)Beer & Avocados — Reflections on Santo Domingo
I have been away from the Dominican Republic for so long, eight months, that, in coming back I can experience it more as an outsider while still retaining my inside perspective. Heat The first thing I feel is the heat which is so intense, enveloping and relentless that one has no choice…
The Last Hurrah
One of my favorite movies of all time is The Princess Bride. I have always loved swashbuckling movies… well let’s just say I have had a crush on Errol Flynn since I was a little girl — and I’ve never given up on fairy tale romance (case in point is this blog)….
Jazz Under the Haitian Sun
I traveled to Haiti three times with my father — first in 1976 for 6 weeks and twice more in 1978 and 1980 for 3 months. The first trip I was overcome, starstruck, by this different land with dark faces and lots of white, smiling teeth; grabbing hands and hungry bellies. It…
Journey (back) to the Mysterious Island
Image above is CGI island from the movie Journey 2 Perhaps it is the poet in me that sees metaphors everywhere. It is a way to process, assimilate, what I experience. A couple of days ago I took advantage of the $1 summer movie deal at the local theater where they show…
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With Liberty and Justice For All
This week, the country of my birth celebrated its day of independence. It is a time to reflect on the freedom we have as Americans, which in many ways, is far more than we can appreciate. Yet even as Americans, we are not as free as we would like to think we…
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