Due to an unexpected illness, a neighbor offered me her ticket to a fund raiser, “A Conversation with Judy Woodruff.” It was the kind of expensive event that I don’t usually attend, but I’m a fan of PBS News Hour and it was held at an iconic venue, so I accepted. I felt like an […]
Take Two: Lunch at the Art Institute of Chicago
During the first two years that my family lived in this country we spent summers traveling from coast-to-coast and from North to South. When my father’s Fulbright Grant would spire, we would need to go back to Spain and we didn’t want to miss anything. We lived in Seattle, since my father taught at the […]
A Silvery Donkey
By now, we all know that in several recent films donkeys have been making appearances on the screen. In the case of EO, the nominee from Poland for Best Foreign Film, it was actually six donkeys sharing the protagonist’s role: Tako, Hola, Ettore, Roco, Marielle –who loved croissants instead of carrots–, and Mela. Jenny was […]
Nostalgia
I don’t know why, but I’ve been feeling homesick for Spain lately, more than usual. Actually, I do know. It all started when I read the article in El País “Expatriates Choose Valencia as the Best City in the World to Live in.” Then to make matters worse, Madrid is fifth on the list of […]
Found in Translation
No matter how carefully I read every morning El País, the Spanish newspaper, and how attentively I listen to the suggestions of my colleagues on both sides of the Atlantic, it seems that I am forever playing catch up with the publications of new Spanish authors. It’s the same with films; the Goyas (the Spanish […]
Happy New Year!
I hope your holidays were great, full of fun, family, friends, food and all the things you value. Mine were mixed; Covid raised its ugly head and some of our plans were changed, postponed and even canceled, but I think that I found the proverbial silver lining. My two granddaughters, home from college, insisted that […]