Goin’ Down Slow
31/01/2011
This is a brilliant song and performance. In 2011, in person, I will see at least one thing this memorable. Axé.
Month: January 2011
Naomi Klein
29/01/2011
Axé.
José María Vitier
26/01/2011
Havana, sea and salt. Cuba has the best music. Axé.
Rosemary Geisdorfer Feal
22/01/2011
The President of the Modern Language Association wrote a good letter on the situation of foreign languages in general and at SUNY-Albany in particular. It is on pp. 4-5 of the Winter 2010 MLA Newsletter, and it has a bibliography including Catherine Porter’s “Presidential Address: English Is Not Enough” (PMLA 125.3 [2010]: 546-55), which I … More Rosemary Geisdorfer Feal
Perlas de J. M. Aznar
16/01/2011
This was made in 2007 so it is just a little old, but it is very funny. Axé.
Viva Jujuy
12/01/2011
We had the first day of class, and it was like this. Long live my province, our painted hills, my dove. My home in New Granada; my home in California, my home anywhere in New Spain. Brown-skinned woman, do not separate yourself from the list of those I love. My most fascinating new student is … More Viva Jujuy
The Embrace
11/01/2011
John Berger on Rembrandt. Axé.
Carajillo
10/01/2011
Here in Maringuoin we have the necessary conditions for snow and it feels that cold. It is literally colder here right now than it is at the Puerto de Navacerrada, a ski station above Madrid. Here is a recipe for a carajillo, which they must be drinking there and I should drink here: Ingredients: * … More Carajillo
Día de los Reyes
06/01/2011
Ya vienen los Reyes Magos caminito de Belén; olé, olé, Holanda y olé; Holanda ya se ve. This is the 12th day of Christmas, when the Magi come, and it is sunny. Views of the crescent moon and clouds were beautiful from the high bridge over the Mississippi River yesterday evening on the way home. … More Día de los Reyes
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