[A poem] Tus palabras vienen through that dark curtain, that quicksand where clarity gasps for breath Estás tan lejos pero siempre has estado lejos unreachable tal vez en algun idioma eres inalcanzable quizas si tu fueras aqui conmigo a mi lado estaría distante I struggle agotada longing, imagining a time when we could stand frente [...]
The other day in Spanish class, I was trying to understand some sentence the teacher had put together, one that was a little complicated. We don’t speak much English in this class, but occasionally they allow it, so I asked her if the sentence meant such-and-such in English. But she interrupted me halfway, saying (in [...]
I’m studying Spanish, as I have been for two years, but with even more ferocity than ever. I’m in school 5 days a week at Solexico here in Playa del Carmen, and I often spend another couple of hours studying on my own. It has been a long haul, and very discouraging at times, but [...]
Caminante, son tus huellas el camino, y nada más; caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar, Al andar se hace el camino, y al volver la vista atrás se ve la senda que nunca se ha de volver a pisar. Caminante, no hay camino, sino estelas en el mar. Traveler, your footprints are [...]
I want my blog-visitors to understand something: I promise to keep posting photos, but I can’t include them with every post. Okay, well, I could. But sometimes I come back from my daily adventures and think, for example, oh, if only I could share the way the rosticeria (coffee-roasting shop) smells when I come out [...]
1. There are a lot of Volkswagen Beetles here in Tulum. In my first two days back, I lost count at about 20. 2. There are a lot of men with long, long hair here in Tulum. This may possibly be culturally related to #1. 3. Dogs here are also on Mexico time. They aren’t [...]