Don: Honorific Spanish title, also an acronym, and the short form of “De origen noble.” Translated into English as being “From Noble Origins.” Initially reserved for royalty, nobles, or influential church leaders, it is now commonly used to show respect for age, wealth, education, and social or political distinctions. The easiest way to explain it […]
“It reminds me of the Ona people,” I continued, “your wife’s ancestors. In fact, it reminds me of all the native people everywhere, before white man got there. Same here as in Australia, or Mexico, and North America including the Caribbean. Native people failed to realize there were a lot of things of which they […]
“You know,” said Diego, “I’ve been reading about one of the biggest environmental catastrophes of our time, in Chernobyl. That’s in Russia. After twenty five years of being left alone, I mean really alone, from humans anyway, the environment has shown an amazing ability to recover. It’s not back to where humans can go in […]
Zona de Entre Ríos, Kentucky USA 13 de Abril, 1885 Causa Vivire Mi vida, se puede decir, la he vivido en tres etapas. La primera fue todo lo que viví hasta llegado el momento de las atrocidades contra mi familia y mi persona. La segunda fue todo lo que ocurrió mientras duró la […]
Alaska by James Michener. A friend of mine once told me that if Alaska was split in two, Texas would be the third largest state. Being from Texas, I naturally had to decide whether to be rankled or not, then decided to laugh instead: it was true. Alaska is big, really big, and in his […]
So, he was wrong. I’ve been wrong, now and again. We’ve all been wrong, maybe with the exception of Rolando, who is from Múzquiz and whose ancestry goes back to the days of El Cid Campeador. The ‘he’ I’m talking about is Euclid. Yes, the geometry guy: I always thought his theory on parallel lines […]
Pisco Sour – for four. 6 oz Pisco 4 teaspoons of sugar 1 egg white 2 or 3 ice cubes (tray size) Juice from a big lemon Simple: put it in the blender and let her rip. Then watch out. It sneaks up on you . . .
“Looking out to the Strait and all of the many canals and watercourses around me, I often wondered what it would be like to be out there, floating on that freezing water, moving up and down with the relentless motion, with only a bark canoe between me and the dark void below. The truth is, […]
As always, when Antonio asked a question, it wasn’t so much the question as the intent. His questions were like verbal shovels, not only designed to scrape the surface, but intended to dig deeper. “Cris you say, is now a reporter?” When my son Cris heard we were going to have a newspaper, he could […]