Laugh to Keep from Crying

I drink to keep from worrying and I smile to keep from crying

In another stop along along the Camino a Ítaca op-ed trail, outsiders. The 'other' that so many fear for some many reasons. Click over to read the originally published version in Spanish or the piece's beginnings in English below. 

Blessed are the Storytellers

My next stop along the Camino a Ítaca op-ed blesses the storytellers and their less than satisfactory translation into Spanish as narradores de historias, though I do have to say I rather like the ring of bienaventurados. Click over here for the original.

My Invented Spain

My next installement in my op-ed column, Camino a Ítaca in el HOY. What it's like to approach a new country from afar.