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hlezama

2y

Enjoying more Traditional Dishes from Yaguaraparo

Enjoying more Traditional Dishes from Yaguaraparo

Yellow catfish stew and red coconut bread are two more delicious treats we can enjoy in this little town. It had been years since I last enjoy this dish and this dessert. While my brother prepared the

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hlezama

2y

The Little Joys of Life that Make a Difference

The Little Joys of Life that Make a Difference

This year is coming to an end and I can't help thinking about how wild a ride it has been. This platform has been a determining factor in helping us cope with all the difficulties and look at the bright

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hlezama

2y

Enjoying a Local Dish: One of the Weirdest Fish You Can Eat

Enjoying a Local Dish: One of the Weirdest Fish You Can Eat

Hoplosternum littorale or conchi'o (Shelly) as we call it is probably one of the weirdest Fish in the world. Its orangish meat is covered by a hard shell that looks like an armor. It is a river/gulf Fish

hlezama

4y

Trailing Back Loss | A 5-Minute FreeWrite

Trailing Back Loss | A 5-Minute FreeWrite

I have to hit the trail tomorrow. In the last four weeks, I have traveled back and forth home more times than I did in the last 8 years. In the last years, my mother either visited us or stayed at two

pouchon

4d

RAIN OUTSIDE, HIVE INSIDE

RAIN OUTSIDE, HIVE INSIDE

I thought the rain situation was coming to an end. Maybe I don't know the weather. Yesterday was fairly calm. But today the rain starts early after sunset. This is indeed Florida where there is no #sunshine

hlezama

4y

Décimas a (lo que queda de) Yaguaraparo

Décimas a (lo que queda de) Yaguaraparo

I Un pueblito pintoresco de contrastes y de encantos, sumido en risas y llantos luce caricaturesco. Si no fuera tan grotesco el paisaje de pobreza, podría alguien con ligereza afirmar que es muy bonito,

hlezama

4y

The Water We Carry

The Water We Carry

I remember stories my mother told me when I was a kid about the even harder times they had when they first moved to this neighborhood in the late 60s. It was called Bella Vista (gorgeous view), and it

hlezama

4y

Back Home to Heal the Old-Fashioned Way

Back Home to Heal the Old-Fashioned Way

As I mentioned in my previolus post/rant, after a nightmare at a nearby hospital and the impossibility of a surgery to fix her broken leg, we took my mother home. There was a time, back in the days when

hlezama

4y

Useless Banking | A 5-Minute FreeWrite

Useless Banking | A 5-Minute FreeWrite

So much depends upon a red bank account; as useless as a strangling appendix. Source Useless Banking I talked to my mother today, after a couple of days without news from her due to a blackout that totally

dead-pets

6d

029 Grim Bond

Dead Pets Society is a passion project of @honeydue and @godfish. It is about yearning for the other. About the desire to subvert meanings and look at the world through different eyes. To see things anew.

hlezama

5y

Crossing | A 3-Part Weekend FreeWrite

Crossing | A 3-Part Weekend FreeWrite

This is my entry to @mariannewest’s 3-Part Weekend Freewrite. A true story that somehow fit into this crazy three-part puzzle. Details here. Prompt sentences in bold italics. Source Crossing "Okay,