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. 

Corona Kids

  

I began my new op-ed column, 'Camino a Ítaca' today with a piece about the plight of kids under the COVID-19 lockdown here in Spain. Click over to the original here. A real-life Jiminy Cricket tale that began its life in the English version below.

Not So Rear Window

Writing in the local paper. Local Issues with a global take. I never translate literally and the editor trims at will to make it fit. Here's my version, then theirs, which can now be seen online (in Spanish) as well.

Teachers at a Crossroads

With the arrival of the plague, things have become clearer. An opinion piece on the current state of education during the current state of emergency in el HOY. The extended English here and the published Spanish version below, or click on the link.

Podcasting with Rolf Potts

Pandemic dispatches from travelers around the world on Rolf Potts' Deviate podcast.

Sharing a look out my window under the coronavirus lockdown in provincial Spain at minute 35.00. 

Another step in #coronatravel and #windowtravel.

Thanks Rolf for inviting me to participate!

Extremandalus

Writing in the local paper. Local Issues with a global take. I never translate literally and the editor trims at will to make it fit. Here's my version, then theirs, which can now be seen online (in Spanish) as well.

Speaking in Colour

Starting a new course this week in Caceres and Merida with the Centro de Profesores y Recursos. Should be interesting.

http://cprmerida.juntaextremadura.net/67-noticias/3026-lista-de-admitidos-al-curso-speaking-in-colour

No Country for the Blind

Writing in the local paper. Local Issues with a global take. I never translate literally and the editor trims at will to make it fit. Here's my version, then theirs, which can now be seen online (in Spanish) as well.

All That Glitters...isn't Zara

Writing in the local paper. Local Issues with a global take. I never translate literally and the editor trims at will to make it fit. Here's my version, then theirs, which can now be seen online (in Spanish) as well.