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del alma: Less Blah Blah Blah more Cha Cha Cha
Cojelo Con el Take it Easy So, sometimes do you think we’re a people prone to drama? Like we go for the lucha, for the tiki tiki, when we could just brush it off y ya? Is it the spitfire, telenovela...
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Dicho: Perro Que No Camina
Perro Que No Camina, No Encuentra Hueso The dog who doesn’t walk about doesn’t find the bone. So, let’s talk about you. What do you want? Are you moving, moving toward finding that reward? Or, are you...
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Play: Your Life Depends on It (Giveaway)
The veranos of my childhood were spent at my Cuban grandmother’s house. We watched a lot of TV and we ate a lot of ice cream. I didn’t play outside much because “hay mucho calor.” It was too hot. And,...
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Lessons from My Papi
My father being 100% himself, playing with my daughter two years ago. My father is spending Father’s Day in Cuba. He, two sisters who live in the United States, and two sisters who live in Cuba are...
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The Jersey Year
You like my pants? Don’t laugh. It was 1975. The Girl Who Played Hookie We snuck out the side door of Public School #5 in West New York, another 8-year-old girl and me. Unfortunately, I got seen by a...
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Celebrating Culture at School with “Juan”
La Nena started school a week ago, and I nearly had a sirimba (a good one) when I saw her Third Grade writing worksheet featured a boy named Juan and his sister, Rosa, as the example, complete with...
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Making Tortillas, Passing on Cultura
I was walking into the grocery for a quick stop when I whipped myself around so fast, I am lucky I didn’t trip on the work tacones. “Cubanos!” I basically yelled at the two men who were standing...
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Del Alma: Fall Retreat
It is time for the Annual Fall Disconnect. Fall is the season in which I retreat a little, slow down, go inward. On purpose. With a new job, new kid commitments, it’s been a toda bala around here....
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Thanksgiving Flan and Culture
Gracias for the Flan I nearly cried in the hallway at my daughter’s school this week: Because she told the world she loves my flan. My Thanksgiving flan. The badly photographed image above is an...
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Del Alma: Pa’ que worry?
La nena started to cry about a “what if” the other day. “Please, don’t waste time wondering and worrying,’’ I told her. “You don’t know what is going to happen, yet.” And, then my words bit me in the...
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