I was amazed when purchasing a new car nowadays that it reminded me of buying a car in Franco’s Spain. Back then there were long waiting times and people were delayed until cars arrived from the government-endorsed Seat factory and we could finally own a car. Last month I found myself waiting for my 2023 […]
The Latest Book
In Spanish last and latest are the same word, último; so, I know that my new book is the latest I wrote, but I don’t know if it’ll be the last I’ll ever write, an epilogue in itself. Never mind, let’s not get lost in semantics. By the time of the Symposium in 2014 I […]
Networking
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 […]