On another note............

Love the Schedule Feature on Blogger.  I often schedule posts for early in the morning to maximize audience. This way I can check back at lunchtime.  Technology!!!! 

Stories from the farm

As a child I loved hearing the stories my mom used to tell me about growing up on the farm. One such story was about blankets. El campo is hot during the day but it cools off quickly at night, and there is also a winter on this tropical island. The only thing my grandparents’ family had in excess was blankets. Once in a while, my grandfather would go into town to get salt and other supplies that couldn’t be found in the country. In addition to the items on his list, he always came home with blankets. My grandmother would roll her eyes and say, “We should open a blanket store.”

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April2, 2016

NEW STATS and MANUSCRIPT UPDATE

Thank you all! The manuscript is going through another round of editing mostly for structure and placing.  I will probably self publish.  Keep checking back.


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Iron Curtain

So happy to have former behind the iron curtain countries following this blog.  How you suffered under the iron fist. 


Germany, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine. 

Severino

Not too long after my sister’s birth in 1949, my maternal great-grandfather died. He left his land in El Pesquero, a region of Cuba not to be confused with Pesquero Beach, to my grandmother and the rest of his children. The handling of the land portion of the inheritance was shady. The sisters did not get any land. It is not clear whether my great-grandfather left a written will or just told Severino, my grandmother’s brother to handle the estate.

Many times my grandmother told the part of the story that is known. After her father died, Severino showed up with two tin cans, one can for my grandmother, the other for her sister.

“Many, many years ago our father put this money in these tin cans for you and our sister,” he said to my grandmother.

“Severino, I did not know they had these brands back then,” my grandmother told him.

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April 1, 2016

Excerpt- Tile Under My Feet

~The tiled floor feels cool and soothing under my feet~


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March 31, 2016

Excerpt

My grandfather was a tall, slim man who with great ease could do math both on paper and in his head.

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March 28, 2016