La ilusión “Cuando me pegue, me compraré…,” con ojos llenitos de ilusión, enumeró afanadamente los anhelos materiales con los que llenaría su vida. Le seguían los viajes turísticos, esos que ha hecho miles de veces en su mente, que revive al mirar las fotos y leer los artículos en las revistas de viaje. El cotejo… Continue reading Sueños al azar
Category: mis letras
de la inspiración a las letras
De pesca / Fishing
Disfrutando de la vida. Enjoying life. ¿Qué has estado haciendo? What you’ve been doing?
Ray Bradbury in keep working / en seguir trabajando
Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old-fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he’ll eventually make some kind of career for himself as writer. Cualquier hombre que sigue trabajando no es un fracaso. Él tal vez no pueda ser un gran… Continue reading Ray Bradbury in keep working / en seguir trabajando
Elizabeth Bishop on being a poet / …en ser un poeta
Being a poet is one of the unhealthier jobs–no regular hours, so many temptations! ¡Ser un poeta es uno de los trabajos menos saludables- no hay horarios regulares, y tantas tentaciones! Elizabeth Bishop Related articles Singer uses crowd-funding to bankroll CD based on Elizabeth Bishop’s poems (theglobeandmail.com) Elizabeth Bishop : The Poetry Foundation (womensphilanthropy.typepad.com) Sestina… Continue reading Elizabeth Bishop on being a poet / …en ser un poeta
George Singleton and a can of WD-40 / y una lata de WD-40
“Keep a small can of WD-40 on your desk—away from any open flames—to remind yourself that if you don’t write daily, you will get rusty.” “Manten una lata pequeña de WD-40 en tu escritorio-lejos de una vela-para recordarte que si no escribes diariamente, te pondrás mohoso.” —George Singleton Hay cosas simples que nos recuerdan nuestra… Continue reading George Singleton and a can of WD-40 / y una lata de WD-40
“Cueva Ventana” and its rewards
We made it to a known town of my youth, Arecibo. It’s pavement road roaring by the touch of the fast pace car’s wheels. It has always roared. The undulated green silhouette of the mountain range, defined the horizon under a sky of pale blue and fluffy grayish cumulus. It might rain. Chimneys tall and… Continue reading “Cueva Ventana” and its rewards
Virginia Woolf and the work of a writter
“Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works.” “Cada secreto del alma de un escritor, cada experiencia de su vida, cada cualidad de su mente, está escrita en grande en su trabajo.” Virginia Woolf ¿Tienes algún secreto que contar, una experiencia… Continue reading Virginia Woolf and the work of a writter
Weekly Photo Challenge: Purple, a color I’m familiar with
Is my daughter’s favorite color. It always sorrounds her, henceforth it sorrounds me. The walls of her room are painted in purple. A color that has been present in those that have been in my life: a friend, a cousin, the lovely orchid blooming in my grandmother’s garden. It remind me of lent, of advent. The color of preference… Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Purple, a color I’m familiar with
Beware of…
What do you have to Beware of? Is it the big bad wolf or the big black bat or the ides of March or, perhaps, maybe, of the stranger standing at the corner of your street. It might be of those marked by society, of those that have a strange look in their eyes, their… Continue reading Beware of…
José Vasconcelos, un libro como un viaje / A book as a journey
Un libro, como un viaje, se comienza con inquietud y se termina con melancolía. A book, as a journey, it begins with ends with concern and sadness. José Vasconcelos, Filósofo, educador y político mexicano.