Boys of summer
Alejandro arrived from Madrid and is giving Tin a much needed injection of boy time. Yesterday, they played soccer in the plaza and today they’re off for boy’s day on the beach – and a much needed break for mommy. Yay to boys!
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Month: July 2012
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Fiesta!
We have been having a party almost every night. Saturday night it was the arrival of our friend from Madrid, Sunday it was Zahara and summer friends, and last night it was some colleagues from the summer program here in Cadiz. You don’t need a reason to have a party in Spain and Tin said he would like to have five parties this week, and we are well on our way. We made mussels in…
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What you won’t see at the playground
An artist friend of mine in San Francisco did this fabulous series of playground structures – in one there was a slide breaking through the fog – it was just magic. The playground down Benjumeda in Parque Genoves has structures that remind me of her paintings, and more, they have dinosaurs. While there does seem to be a lot of dinosaurs popping up around Spain, the one thing I feel almost certain about is no…
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The coast restoreth
On Sunday, from the get go, there were signs and portents – a guy walking by with a tee shirt that read “Don’t worry be happy!” – a billboard that said, “Today is the best day of my life!” and so it was that the day was crafted around this idea – we caught the bus early this morning to go to Zahara de los Atunes and as soon as we arrived, I felt like…
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And now back to the bayou
For 4th of July, the bayou back home in New Orleans was resplendent with the Krewe of Kollosos boat parade. Our friend who is staying at our house and taking care of our four legged family members sends a photo of what we missed:
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Politics weaves its way into memory
Tatjana got me Tony Judt’s book The Memory Chalet, which I’m reading now that I finished the Epstein book. I’m one third of the way into it and already highly recommend. Judt is a historian and his writing is top notch; sadly this book is about his memories as he was dying from Lou Gehrig’s disease when he wrote it. Yesterday, our friend arrived from Madrid as he will be speaking to the class about…
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My brother’s memory
My brother writes me that he remembers me as a child – “always easy to talk to, always easy to put down for sleep, always so gentle. You were such a pleasure to hold, I remember so well.” Awwww. Nice to know I wasn’t a brat!
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Off roading in Cadiz
On our walk to the wine store last night, we saw there was a Marimekko exhibit at a contemporary art museum, and there is also a ferry to take to Puerto Santa Maria to have lunch over there, and yesterday I walked to Plaza España and saw Casa de 4 Torres – which is a house made of four houses designed to look as one facade – with four towers, it was impressive. All this…
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Memories light and darken the corners of my mind
After a week of being in Spain, I’m finally starting to dream in technicolor something that happens with incredible frequency when I’m away from my day to day life. Last year, my big dream was the bridge, the storm and the end. It was an incredibly vivid one that haunted me for the rest of the year and proved to be prescient for how the year would unfold. My dream started on Tuesday night, when…
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Yet again
July 05, 2012 Taurus (4/20-5/20) This is it — the chance you have been waiting for! Don’t you recognize it? What — you don’t? Okay, then in order to see what you need to see you have to open your eyes. This means breaking out of your current routine and looking at life through fresh eyes. Turn your world upside down by imagining what your life would be like if you were born a hundred…