Writer in exile: 101st blog post
“‘A writer is always in exile,’ she said, this is what pushes him or her to write. ‘It doesn’t have to be geographical.’” From Journalist Olivia Snaije’s interview with three Syrian and Iraqi women writers living in exile: Samar...
Dentro. Escuela de Escritores, 1
Casi siempre me quedo en casa. Mi padre prefiere que esté dentro de las cuatro paredes, porque como dice, “Cuando tu estás aquí, yo sí puedo vivir.” No es que sea cruel, mi padre,...
Flash Fiction Friday: Kyle 3099 (yeah, I know. It’s not Wednesday either.)
Please see the lovely photo which inspired this piece, Kyle 3099 on Genoa Hill From High Plains Hogger on Flicker The conductor, Kyle 3099 according to his embroidered nametag, slept peacefully on the cabin floor....
Flash Fiction Friday – 14 Feb 2017
14 February 2017. For Chuck Wendig’s weekly Flash Fiction prompt. My Random Number Generator chose 10. Long way home. April hoisted her lumpy backpack up on her bony shoulders. It should have weighed more. The dehydrated...
Warsaw in January
How lovely to hear Chopin in the park, at the touch of a button! The benches have really good acoustics – you can click on the pic to hear a piece from a good videographer called...
Is it a Muslim ban, or isn’t it?
Let’s go to the who, what, when, where, why and how of the Executive Order (EO). No, I’m not a journalist, but rather a social scientist, which Trump would probably still find Bad. Or Sad....