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Primero, lo siento a mis lectores quienes usualmente leen el español, voy a subir estas dos reflexiones sin traducción. Solo es por este momento, que quiero compartir esas obras así y luego, cuando empiezo escribir otra vez, haré las traducciones por las obras nuevas. ¡Muchas gracias por su paciencia y comprensión! This is a pieceContinue reading “Yours, Stranger”

Here is a small collection of photos from the “picnic island” Pisar, which is about a forty minute boat ride from the island of Weno : Aquí están algunas fotos de la isla “para los pícnics” Pisar, cuál está más o menos cuarenta minutos de la isla de Weno.

Primero, lo siento a mis lectores quienes usualmente leen el español, voy a subir estas dos reflexiones sin traducción. Solo es por este momento, que quiero compartir esas obras así y luego, cuando empiezo escribir otra vez, haré las traducciones por las obras nuevas. ¡Muchas gracias por su paciencia y comprensión! My face feels redContinue reading “From February : De febrero”

The first thing I did when I got to school today was clean up a dead rat. It was strewn all over the porch area, in five or six pieces with guts, heart, and head all separated. The rat wasn’t even the part that bothered me. What bothered me were the ants. There must haveContinue reading “My day: Mi día”

As we walked along the dirt path, we spoke of our skin. The last time I had visited, I spent a lot of the day in the sun and without sunscreen, a hat, a lavalava, or shade- I burned… really badly. So, this time, I put on a lot of sunscreen and wore a pinkContinue reading “Talk-Walk: Hablar-Caminar”

I am back. I returned home to Colorado two weeks ago. Given the circumstances, I was going to have to leave based on the drought and the high school closing where I lived. My housing would have been taken away. And although I had six plans of housing in my head, the official news continuedContinue reading “Return”

-Reflection comes from connections that will never be severed- A student recently borrowed my phone to take videos during Founder’s Day and as he returned my phone, he asked who was in my background photo. The student said, “You look like him.” This made me smile, for the man in the photo is my grandfather.Continue reading “Memories-Recuerdos”

I have not stopped writing. Pieces and fragments of thoughts, feelings, and events are floating on pages unfinished, incomplete. As I searched through this muddle of brilliant insights and mediocre moldings, I decided that I did not yet want to finish these writings, but would keep them for another time. Instead, I decided to writeContinue reading “The end celebration: La celebración al final”

Finding Oneself Roosters, darkness, the still rising sun. Sweat from a blanket that was borrowed, smile from a brother who has become mine, opening eyes, opening eyes, opening eyes. In the past three months there have been many changes. With those changes have come many transitions… and with those transitions has come a lot ofContinue reading “Three Reflections-Tres Reflexiones”

On this, the feast of all souls, I want to send my love to those who have passed before us, most especially in this past year, my dear Grandpa Drda. Today, I went on a hike and as I was trekking, I kept remembering my grandfather. When my grandfather passed away, I was in anotherContinue reading “Saints and Souls: Santos y Almas”