February 2010
2 posts
Feb 22nd
Por colores, por idioma, por géneros.../ By...
Cada vez que me cambio de casa, hay un montón de cajas pequeñas pero pesadas con un rótulo escrito a la carrera que dice “libros”. Son pequeñas porque, si algo he aprendido en doce trasteos en la vida, es que no hay manera de levantar una caja gigante de libros. Poco a poco, los libros de la casa se han tomado una pared, dos paredes, una parte del estudio - sin contar los que andan...
Feb 19th
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October 2009
2 posts
Oct 13th
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“Cuando yo te abrazo no te abrazo sola, te abraza conmigo una eternidad, te...”
– “Agua, tierra fuego y viento” de Paz Martínez
Oct 13th
September 2009
1 post
La geografía de cada uno
La primera vez que volví a Colombia después de meses de ausencia, lo primero que se asomó a la ventanilla del avión fue el altiplano cundiboyacense – esa gran formación montañosa que consiste en, digamos, una montaña aplastada en la cumbre o en una llanura a gran altura, depende de cómo se le mire.- Allí estaban las montañas, majestuosas y arrugadas, de color verde profundo, serpenteando el...
Sep 13th
August 2009
1 post
What do you see from the bus?
As you can imagine, one of the first things I did when I first moved to London was to get on the top floor a red double-decker bus. Almost ten years later, I still go up the stairs with the same swift step. You see, being able to watch the world from a high place matches a privileges I can only relate to the God concept they tought me when I was little, watching every little sin we commited from...
Aug 10th
July 2009
1 post
Aplastamiento de las gotas
Una gota de lluevia se deforma al caer, video de Emmanuel Villermaux, Aix-Marseille University “Yo no sé, mira, es terrible cómo llueve. Llueve todo el tiempo, afuera tupido y gris, aquí contra el balcón con goterones cuajados y duros, que hacen plaf y se aplastan como bofetadas uno detrás de otro, qué hastío. Ahora aparece una gotita en lo alto del marco de la ventana; se queda...
Jul 23rd
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May 2009
3 posts
“While he was in kindergarten, everybody wanted to play the tomtoms when it came...”
– Waiting and finding, by Jack Gilbert
May 11th
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May 11th
The perfect Saturday afternoon… http://twitpic.com/4uxut And the soundtrack… http://blip.fm/~5xp26
May 9th
April 2009
9 posts
What language do you dream in? - Some answers!
Here are some of your answers to my question on my earlier post. Very interesting! You can keep on sending your replies in any language, it’s the next post below. Carmen González on Facebook: Despues de todos estos years, I dream en inglés and Spanish, hablo durante horas in both languages, and fight pretty well en ambos también. Many times, no sé en que idioma estoy aunque I normally don’t...
Apr 28th
What language do you dream in?
When I left Bogotá to come to London, my parents gave me an English/Spanish dictionary to take with me. It didn’t seem very useful at the time. What was  I supposed to do with it, carry it in my purse just in case I couldn’t understand a conversation? Eight years later and, of course, ha! eight years wiser, I can understand the logic behind it. The dictionary has become one of my most...
Apr 27th
“Mi Lu mi lubidulia mi golocidalove mi lu tan luz tan tu que me enlucielabisma...”
– “Mi Lumía”, de Oliverio Girondo
Apr 17th
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Apr 17th
Apr 15th
Wow… you can see the Mexico- US border on Google Street View http://bit.ly/2Ii4s9 And yes, that’s how I’m spending my afternoon.
Apr 14th
“I don’t know what people mean when they say they don’t believe in God. In which...”
– Howard Jacobson in the New Statesman magazine
Apr 9th
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Apr 7th
Here it goes...
I spent an hour thinking of a good way to introduce myself… But then what better way to do this but start tumbling…
Apr 7th