Musings on the edge
As I take my (almost) daily walk to the back, I look around and think how nice everything looks. Everything looks that way because we keep on top of it….Before…
1000 Pieces of Puerto Rico
Taking advantage of the “stay at home” order, I began to shuffle bins in an effort to “clean-up”. I pulled out our toy box filled with games and dusty puzzles…
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Límber Legend…A Tale of Two Stories
I grew up in New York and knew piraguas well, but I had never heard of limbers until I moved to Puerto Rico. Like an Italian ice with tropical flavors,…
Politics while sweeping….or is Wanda Vázquez Garced in a fog?
First of all, I am an uneducated voter. I follow issues but the who’s who in Puerto Rico politics is very confusing. The ballots have more people than items on…
Quarantine and Chocolate
Ok…....I roped you in with the chocolate and I promise I’ll get to it in a minute. I can’t stop wondering about something and it’s been driving me crazy. It’s…
Oye….dame una Medalla. Quiero hacer pan.
Hacer pan... levadura, amasando, esperando....es un proceso que tarda. Esto es una receta fácil y rápida. Cuando todo el mundo está en casa y no hay pan…..grítale, “Oye, dame una…
A club like no other….and a tribute to its founder
Lyndon Johnson was President of the United States and Luis Muñoz Marín Governor of Puerto Rico. I was fifteen and a high school student in New York City. Gas was…
Spanglish * spang-glish
I’ve often heard that Spanglish is the destruction of both English and Spanish, but I see it as the marriage of two languages and for me, it’s a marriage of…
…it must be Christmas
Poinsettia: Tropicals Plant? It’s Christmas time and they’re everywhere… poinsettias or pascuas as we know them here in Puerto Rico. Beautiful red, white, pink and various shades in between, poinsettias…