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Tú Eres Mi Sangre.
Okay, it’s true. I haven’t written in a while. And that’s super bad. Especially now that I have checked, and the last time I posted on this blog was in October of 2017. So, I’m here to apologise. And to … Continue reading
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Tagged america, articles, blog, culture, earth, effect, el tiempo entre costuras, eltiempoentrecosturas, faith, family, friends, gina rodriguez, ginarodriguez, hispanic, inspiration, jane the virgin, janethevirgin, journalism, latina, latinx, life, Literature, love, miami, movies, netflix, religion, sangre, society, spain, spanish, spoiler free, talk, telenovelas, television, the cw, the passions of santos, thecw, thepassionsofsantos, tv, venezuela, villanueva, women, writing
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Public Lands
The Grand Canyon, Arizona. The Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. The Everglades, Florida. Yosemite, California. Muir Woods, San Francisco. These are all monuments and parks which form part of the US National Parks System, which was set up by President Teddy … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy, america, american culture, Bear Ears, blog, California, Constitution, culture, Department of the Interior, Donald Trump, earth, Grand Canyon, help, history, Home, humanity, inspiration, journalism, LA Times, life, Monuments, National Parks, nature, news, NY Times, public lands, United States, Utah, We the People, Wilderness Society, writing, Yosemite
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Dusty LPs
My record collection probably tells the story of my life better than I could in words. Colleen Murphy My LPs are everything to me. They occupy a corner of my room, a box which is filled to the brim with … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, articles, blog, friends, history, Home, humanity, inspiration, life, lps, music, Paul Simon, poetry, record player, records, revolution, revolutionary, school, Simon and Garfunkel, society, tape, tapes, technology, vintage, vinyls, writing
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Beginning Again
My school career is over. Crikey, that’s a surreal thing to write! But it’s true – last week I finished my exams, gave in my textbooks, asked a few people to stay in touch and left my high school. Sure, … Continue reading
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Tagged A Place of Greater Safety, america, american literature, blog, book, books, britain, british literature, el tiempo entre costuras, english literature, ernest hemingway, fiction, fictional inspiration, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway, Hilary Mantel, historical literature, history, humanity, Jack Kerouac, life, Literature, london, love, novels, On the Road, Palmeras en la Nieve, read, reading, spanish literature, world, writing
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Continued Illumination.
Tonight, I was torn between topics for writing. On the one hand, I wanted to write about the tremendous experience of the March4Women held in London over the weekend (5/3), of which I relished every moment, but I also wanted … Continue reading
The Objects.
“We are the shoes, we are the last witnesses. We are shoes from grandchildren and grandfathers From Prague, Paris, and Amsterdam, And because we are only made of fabric and leather And not of blood and flesh, each of us … Continue reading
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Tagged antiques roadshow, bbc, eastern europe, germany, holocaust, holocaust memorial, hope, humanity, inspiration, Jews, judaism, life, Literature, objects, remember, shoes
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The Revolution
The 1960s and early 1970s has always been an era of fascination and enthrallment for me. As a child my parents would play the thought-provoking and brilliant music of artists like The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel and others. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, arts, bob dylan, consumerism, culture, freedom, humanity, imagine, inspiration, life, Literature, love, lsd, moon landing, music, peace, revolution, sixties, society, technology, the beatles, the rolling stones, the who, twiggy, unity, v&a, victoria and albert museum, war, woodstock, world
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The List
Yesterday I was at an English Literature Conference at UCL, London. Among the many incredible lectures, spanning subjects such as temporality across literature, sourcing Shakespeare and imagery in performance (with two actors from Shakespeare’s Globe, no less!), there was a … Continue reading
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Tagged american literature, Beware of Pity, books, british literature, disgrace, emagazine, For Whom the Bell Tolls, harry potter, inspiration, Literature, Stoner, Stoner a novel, the great gatsby, to kill a mockingbird, Tuesdays with Morrie, war and peace, writing
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“To sleep: perchance to dream…”
Dear my wonderfully persistent and patient (!!!) readers,… First off, an apology. I haven’t written in a while. A long, long while. So, I’m sorry, truly I am – between studying and exams and trying to grapple with freedom, I’ve lost … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, day dreams, daydreams, dreams, earth, fictional inspiration, life, Literature, loneliness, love, novels, original writing
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Chopin’s Nocturne in C-sharp Minor.
In my house we have a piano. Well, I say piano. It’s really a keyboard, which, granted, doesn’t have the same feel, or the same touch, or the same sound as a true piano. I often complain about it to … Continue reading
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