tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21724068868415976182024-02-06T23:17:27.839-05:00Meanderings of My HeartGeneral writings, reflections, prose & poetry, daily type stuff, expressions of me that you may relate toSusana Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17765697249781589769noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172406886841597618.post-21429898273009298782022-10-26T18:10:00.001-05:002022-10-26T18:10:58.074-05:00Cuando lo dices con amor<p> Reflexión para un cumpleaños (2012)</p><p><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Cuando lo dices con amor</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">el sonido de mi nombre</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">es como campanitas de cristal</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">deleitando los oídos de mi corazón</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Cuando lo dices con amor</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">es como lluvia sobre tierra árida</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hace tiempo el efecto del Niño<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">ha azotado mi corazón</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">ha querido secarlo, pero resisto.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Me niego a creer que no volveré</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">a sentir la suave presencia de la lluvia,</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">que la única comunión humana que tengo</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">es con los lejanos.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Si no fuera por la presencia del que nos ama</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">me habría convertido en desierto.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Me niego a dejar de esperar,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">cuan pequeña fuera la esperanza</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">de volver a oír el susurro del deseo,</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">de volver a encontrar a mi amigo,</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">a quien ama mi alma.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Despiértate, amado mío, mira más allá</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">del muro de protección que tu viento recio</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">me hizo alzar.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Te sigo esperando, esperando, esperando.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Para qué sirve</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Un grito, el hielo, el silencio</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Para qué sirve un abrazo,</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Una palabra suave</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">De amor.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Somos tan imperfectos</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tan llenos de errores</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Por nuestra urgencia gritamos</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Por nuestro dolor clamamos</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Por nuestro amor toleramos</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Por no saber o no querer</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Conseguir lo que pedimos</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">A veces sólo herimos.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Logramos la meta</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Pero hay un costo oculto:</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">La alienación</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Distanciamiento</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Me duele, te duele</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">No lo enfrentamos</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Por temor? Por frustración</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Y poco a poco morimos</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Cuando lo que realmente queremos</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Es un abrazo, escuchar tu palpitar</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sentir protegidos.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tantas cosas buenas hay,</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tanto esfuerzo para mantenernos</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tanto mérito, sí, es real.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Pero hace falta tocar el corazón</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Haces falta…tú.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Todos los días son nuevas…</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Es el comienzo de un nuevo año –</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Vivamos un cumpleaños feliz!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Te amo! (16 de junio de 2012)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> </p>Susana Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17765697249781589769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172406886841597618.post-86082959001649613262018-12-31T18:13:00.000-05:002018-12-31T18:14:59.627-05:00La lluvia<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES;">LA LLUVIA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Lo de
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propia felicidad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Decidimos
ir a la playa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mientras Pedro terminaba
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motete. Ya se estaba haciendo tarde y pronto querríamos almorzar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">—Pero yo
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">—Ya son
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;"><span style="background-color: white;">Hablamos
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Montamos
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Calle de la Moneda, y apenas pisamos la calle, empezó a llover.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">—Hay
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Optimista.
Yo ya no corro. Las rodillas me traicionan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">—Bueno,
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">No
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libro, toalla y agua. Trajes de baño con mocho y camiseta encima., las
chancletas más viejas. Pa’ playa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Cruzamos
a la Plaza de Telecom a ver si había buffet hoy en el Hotel Cartagena Hil, pero
no. Era en camino al Restaurante X de todos modos. Ya la lluvia caía en serio,
y nos mojábamos. Por lo menos el calor había bajado, y la idea era escapar de
él. Cruzamos Tripita y Media y entramos a Getsemaní.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Nunca
había comido en el Restaurante X; por eso quería, para hacer algo diferente. La
variedad da sabor a la vida.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Entramos
medio mojados pero contentos, y se fue la luz. No nos importó. Nos sentamos por
la entrada donde hay ventanas. Un lugar típico, viejo pero limpio. Decoración
sin descripción. Unos cuadros. Cerámicas típicas. Se veía desgastado el lugar.
La mesera también. Joven pero aburrida. Pedimos pescado, el almuerzo ejecutivo
a $8000 COL. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Mi sopa
de huesos, un caldo con huesito carnudo, no bien cocinado, pero la yuca – ah,
la buena yuca de la costa. Tiene un sabor especial, arenosa como la playa. Como
que el calor que tanto nos fastidia le conviene p’ dar la mejor yuca del país.
Pedro tomó la sopa de pescado. Nunca me ha gustado mucho. Después de todo, no
soy costeña....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Yo pedí
la mojarra frita; él el jurel en posta. Fue una mojarrita sobre-frita y casi
calcinada, acompañada por un arroz sequísimo, una tajada de maduro frito,
zaragozas normales y “ensalada”. Ésta consistió de un pedazo de lechuga
marchita, de las que se deben poner en el compost, con un pedacito de tomate y dos
tajaditas de pepino, sin vinagreta. Seca como el arroz. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Casi no
encontré carne en los huesos del pescado, y el limón también estaba seco. Lo
mejor de la comida fue la cerveza que entramos, comprada en la Plaza de Telecom
en camino.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Pedro,
como siempre, comió todo. Si te gusta el jurel, él eligió mejor que yo. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">—¿Tú
recomiendas este lugar a los turistas? —pregunté incrédula.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">—Sí.
Bueno y barato.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">—Pero no
bonito. Ni bueno. Pero quería probar...Ya escampó.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Pagamos,
sin dejar propina. Salimos a encontrar la calle inundada.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">—Cuidado
—me advierte Pedro, como siempre. Y tenía puestas las chancletas más gastadas
puestas. Podría resbalar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">—Cuidado
tú. Yo voy bien.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Agua por
todas partes. Siempre pasa en el Centro de la Heroica. En un rato el agua bajaría.
Seguramente llegaría al caño, y al mar. Ciudad de agua. Verano eterno. Por lo
menos la humedad no nos asedia ahora, ya que se solidificó y llovió. Bendito.
Yo quedé con hambre pero agradecí la experiencia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">—Sí, ya
no sirve ir a la playa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">—Pero
está fresca la tarde.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">—Gracias
a Dios. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Cruzamos
Tripita y Media otra vez y nos dirigimos hacia la Plaza de Telecom. Otra vez se
desataron las nubes y nos mojó la lluvia. Qué curioso. Como si fuera mandada
justo para mojarnos a nosotros especialmente cada vez que pisamos la calle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Decidimos
que ya queríamos volver a casa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">—Va a
seguir lloviendo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Montamos
colectivo para Crespo. Escampó, pero al bajar en el puente peatonal, la lluvia
empezó otra vez.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">—Nos
persigue —. De pronto él resbaló, pero me apretó la muñeca y no se cayó.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">—Cuidado,
mi amor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">—Las
chancletas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">La casa
se encontró bañada y fresca, y el tanque del patio recién llenado por la
bendición del cielo. Decidí bañarme allí con agua lluvia. Delicioso.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Y así
pasamos la tarde más fresca en veinte días. Bendita agua.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "baskerville" , serif; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">*No se ha
usado el nombre real para dar el beneficio de la duda al establecimiento.
Cualquier parecido a personas o lugares reales es intencional, pero se respeta
la privacidad. Después de todo, todo cuento tiene algún elemento de no ficción,
¿no?</span></div>
Susana Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17765697249781589769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172406886841597618.post-9727575406215734482018-12-31T17:49:00.000-05:002018-12-31T17:49:53.715-05:00The Rain
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THE RAIN<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">“It’s SOOO hot!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">“It’s Cartagena.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Same as always. How boring. But after all, one is responsible for their
own happiness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">We decided to go to the beach. While Pete finished sweeping the yard and
mopping the floors, I put on my bathing suit and got our stuff ready. It was
getting late, and soon we’d want some lunch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">“But I don’t want to eat at the beach. I want something healthy,” he was
saying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">“It’s already noon,” I replied as we crossed the pedestrian bridge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">We talked about the time and our options and decided to go Downtown and
eat at X Restaurant*, because of the time and it being Sunday, where it’s good
and cheap. We didn’t mention “pretty,” but it is what it is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">We got into a collective taxi and sped off to the walled city. The taxi
left us in the Calle de la Moneda, and as soon as we stepped into the street,
it started to rain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">“There’s time to get there before the storm really breaks.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Optimist. I don’t run anymore. My knees betray me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">“Well, we are dressed for getting wet.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">We hadn’t brought an umbrella or a purse or anything. Just the mesh beach
bag, a book, a towel and a bottle of water. Bathing suits under shorts and tees,
the oldest flip-flops. </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: ES-CO; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">For the beach.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">We crossed the Plaza de Telecom to see if they were serving buffet today
at the Hotel Cartagena Hil, but they weren’t. It was on the way to X Restaurant
anyway. Now it was raining in earnest, and we were getting wet. At least the
heat had gone down, and the plan <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">was</i>
to escape it. </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: ES-CO; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">We crossed Tripita y Media and entered Getsemaní
barrio.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">I’d never eaten in X Restaurant; that’s why I wanted to try it, to do
something different. </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: ES-CO; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Variety IS the spice of
life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">We entered half soaked but happy, and the power went out. We didn’t
care. We sat near the entrance where there are windows. A typical place, old but
clean. Nondescript décor. Some pictures. Typical pottery. The place looked worn
out. The waitress, too. Young but bored. We ordered fish, the executive menu for
$8000 COL.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">My soup was bone broth with a meaty bone, not well cooked, but the yuca –
ah the great yuca of the coastal region. It has a special, grainy texture, like
the fine white sand of Playa Blanca. Seems like the heat that annoys us so much
is just what makes it the best yuca in the country. Pete had the fish soup. I’ve
never liked it much. After all, I’m not from the coast....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">I ordered fried bream; he had mackerel steak. The bream was over-fried and
almost charred, accompanied by extremely dry rice, a slice of fried ripe plantain,
plain red beans and something called “salad.” This was a piece of wilted
lettuce, the type one should consign to the compost, with a little slice of
tomato and two slices of cucumber, sans dressing. Dry as the rice. I almost
didn’t find any meat on the fish bones, and the lemon was dry, too. The best
part of the meal was the beer we had brought in with us, purchased at the Plaza
de Telecom on the way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Pete, as always, ate everything. If you like mackerel, his was the better
choice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">“You recommend this place to tourists? I asked skeptically.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">“Yeah. Good and cheap.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">“But not pretty. Not good either. But I wanted to try it…It stopped
raining.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">We paid but didn’t leave a tip and exited the restaurant to find the street
flooded.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">“Careful,” Pete warned me, as always. And I had on the oldest
flip-flops. I might slip.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">“You be careful. I’m fine.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">Water everywhere. It happens all the time Downtown in the Heroica. In a
little while the water would go down. It was sure to be flooded to the canal
and out to the sea. City of water. Eternal summer. At least the humidity wasn’t
besieging us now. It had solidified and made it rain. Bendito. I was still
hungry but grateful for the experience. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Baskerville",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Beirut;">“Yeah, not worth going to the beach now.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">We set out on July 10, Norman and I, with our Mazda 323 packed to the hilt, me doing all the driving as usual. Our first stop was San Juan Nepumoceno, to say goodbye to Carmen, the hotel owner who'd become our friend since we visited Los Colorados National Park a few years ago and whom we'd stayed with many times on short getaways. Turned out it was really out of the way as our goal was Montería, but that shows you, friendship is more important than time. </span><br />
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">We stayed the night at dear friends' Jairo and Betsy. Norman gave her a new look that evening and we were on our way early in the morning. We aimed for Rionegro where we'd stay at the Boteros. We hadn't seen Norman and Anita since Debi was a little girl, though she had been their guest several times, until February when we had gone to spy out the land and they hosted us.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFgrJc4tNwNGYkkANK9g1Bx5Z6Z_AmfM055_RWzbpl4T6rX2dc7sV06-gYZDoZb-1kmia7MZg0Q2aUOlkRUJ_NAF6wJruQ1WAzkdvOw5n7A9Ynj_nFeXWqD8lr2H1J5i5hFATwkeXaNc/s1600/2014-09-24+16.53.13.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFgrJc4tNwNGYkkANK9g1Bx5Z6Z_AmfM055_RWzbpl4T6rX2dc7sV06-gYZDoZb-1kmia7MZg0Q2aUOlkRUJ_NAF6wJruQ1WAzkdvOw5n7A9Ynj_nFeXWqD8lr2H1J5i5hFATwkeXaNc/s200/2014-09-24+16.53.13.jpg" width="200" /></a><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">The first Friday we went a little nuts grocery shopping at Hojarasca, an organic store and restaurant and ecological center. It only opens on weekends. Such fresh, delicious and healthy produce! After a while I started taking vegetarian cooking classes, and that's been a great outlet. I've finally learned how to use my kitchen knives, scald, sauté and make all kinds of great foods with local ingredients (frijoles, yacón, victoria squash, cidra) and made new friends in the process. My Wednesday afternoon class is a highlight of my week, followed by yoga therapy where I participate as far as my barely flexible knees permit. Our instructor thinks the rest of me is very flexible. Norman didn't believe it. </span><br />
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">When the rains began we discovered that our rented house had a big problem along the back wall. The empty lot behind it filled up with water which seeped through our wall. Good thing no one slept in the back room. The patio roofs also leaked. The owner had the main patio roof replaced. This is where I hung up tons of laundry every ten days or so when we rented a washer by the hour. In Cartagena we had a sunny backyard to put laundry out in. Here it was raining a lot and cold, too. We got a lot of clothes hangers and lifted the laundry on them with a long stick to hang from the ceiling bars. Usually dried in a couple of days. We got a new stove with oven so Debi could bake and sell brownies and cookies. </span><br />
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Another fun thing at the house was that the next-door neighbor decided it was time to start building his house. This meant waking us up hammering and pouring cement early every morning. I was especially lucky as my bedroom shared their wall. Even earplugs didn't help.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fQykbzMwbIksIEHUQoRxZW13VFs_qam82WjWCTof-BAFTdKn3_WBOMjeXx4eheYbYcq0ZkpZo1SpC5Ib7Ve3lJ6EY5IzNoRvBjwSJ6NvY6c_U2_qCoQ6G9msZlsPLzSvptDsQkXCo9o/s1600/2015-06-28+16.46.28.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fQykbzMwbIksIEHUQoRxZW13VFs_qam82WjWCTof-BAFTdKn3_WBOMjeXx4eheYbYcq0ZkpZo1SpC5Ib7Ve3lJ6EY5IzNoRvBjwSJ6NvY6c_U2_qCoQ6G9msZlsPLzSvptDsQkXCo9o/s200/2015-06-28+16.46.28.jpg" width="150" /></a><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Though we had the car, we mostly walked and used the car to go to Rionegro or on an outing to explore. I lost a little weight but generally feel great with more activity. So many new things to try out. Yummy local sausages, buñuelos, arepas of fresh corn always available, tamales, pan de achira. We found hamburgers for 75 cents, lunch for anywhere from $1.25 to $3.50 USD. Norman and I love to have coffee in the plaza with a fresh buñuelo. It's kind of the local pastime. That and eating a sausage with mini arepa or having ice cream which is sold everywhere. Though El Carmen is a small town it has about 50 rural roads lined with farms, and on weekends all those people seem to pour into town to eat ice cream and do their town shopping. It's a regular fashion show. Old men in sarapes and felt hats, most old women with long grey hair, the younger ones mostly use an iron on their long hair. Norman says all the women have the same hairstyle. </span><br />
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">We have a good cultural Institute that offers classes in music, video production, writing and of course ceramics, which have made El Carmen famous. We love the pottery. Debi has taken some classes. There's an annual theater festival, ceramics festival, farmers' festival, Andean music festival and other events. During the theater festival there was a tango concert with dancers, in the park. Great stuff.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFX1TjGaBZ35G9qEAXkdDgJMMltfUJ16EZfJQVB6ZNk970ZNo6q9SXaPGBr3EmvWzdxFeqCHWYF7EyUQ7PhF45b92Ii9szfAARydUqCf3CChiYss6Fb4Tdy-E_f_iILiTEFa1jJYljY0U/s1600/2015-02-25+11.24.30.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFX1TjGaBZ35G9qEAXkdDgJMMltfUJ16EZfJQVB6ZNk970ZNo6q9SXaPGBr3EmvWzdxFeqCHWYF7EyUQ7PhF45b92Ii9szfAARydUqCf3CChiYss6Fb4Tdy-E_f_iILiTEFa1jJYljY0U/s200/2015-02-25+11.24.30.jpg" width="200" /></a><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">In February we moved to a rural small farm three km from town. We're living in an old adobe house, typical in the country, with fireplace. The only negative is that part of the farm is rented to a flower grower. He cultivates daisies/chrysanthemums which do not require "as much" fumigation as hydrangeas, which are common in the region and their cultivation is ruining the soil. But we have a little garden with chard, basil, tarragon, rosemary, thyme, arugula, green onions, jicama and some potatoes. The owner planted red and pink roses and some orchids. I love the flowers. Azaleas, too, even carnations. We enjoy four Mandarin lemon trees, several varieties of guava, some figs and a few other trees not producing yet. I can hang my laundry outside again where the wind makes the trees clap their hands. We were able to get our own washer and new frig. Happy day.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wM8cAzCqsSx8DwJgIBigvsFlbR-x86OuANdyz7L3xo-UU4AGM-PVxuspirjiN5OeH7CyEBlAJ7NOJC7ImuT1rzvrx2sF6e0Rm35P2LsTlH_-80FyXs6KcMnYpiHXFUOJ0epPd3hP6jQ/s1600/20150705_110100.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wM8cAzCqsSx8DwJgIBigvsFlbR-x86OuANdyz7L3xo-UU4AGM-PVxuspirjiN5OeH7CyEBlAJ7NOJC7ImuT1rzvrx2sF6e0Rm35P2LsTlH_-80FyXs6KcMnYpiHXFUOJ0epPd3hP6jQ/s200/20150705_110100.jpg" width="200" /></a><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Another day the neighbor's burro came down our lane to see what he could eat. Twice. Emma, our chihuahua-mini-pin mix from Cartagena, has become a happy country dog and chased Mr. Burro back up the hill. Twice. She is quite comical lording it over her territory and is my hearing dog and watchdog, too. She does have it in her blood to chase small animals, though. At the first house she cornered a mouse in the middle of the night. Brave Emma Lee. Here she thinks she should hunt the birds, of which there are many colorful ones. Sad to say she's caught two that've gotten stuck behind the set in, glass walls. Instinct.</span><br />
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">My neighbor right over the fence has seen a harmless black snake in his woods, but I haven't had the privilege. Having grown up in California, I have a very healthy respect for our slithering friends. Now the florist tells me he's seen three different snakes among his mums. Fine with me as long as they stay in the greenhouse. </span><br />
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Last night I almost picked up what looked like a small ball of black and yellow yarn. Debi and I have been knitting so it could have been yarn. Turned out to be a large worm. I scooped it up in the dustpan and liberated it down the hill on the grass. OK, I tossed it out there. It probably survived. Worms like that are often poisonous. Another close call.</span><br />
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">So life out here in the country is a different experience, one we've always wanted. Bottom line, we love it. The clean air and tranquility are priceless. We are being renewed and invigorated. Who cares if we have ride the bus with all the windows closed during dry season because of the dust? What are a few (thousand) bugs I've never seen before? What if I run out of propane because I have no idea what an empty tank feels like? I've got a great supplier who rescues me within a couple of hours. Every day's an adventure. And do we feel inconvenienced? Not really. We feel really, really blessed.</span></div>
Susana Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17765697249781589769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172406886841597618.post-46414321640754831782013-07-04T21:27:00.005-05:002023-12-18T11:34:30.135-05:00Old VersesI've decided to publish some of my old poetry. This first one was when I was 16 years old, close to High School graduation. It is the kind of satirical verse I still love to write. Wish I had my second semester college comps, too; they were a stitch.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Dedicated to my dear Cousin
Izzie Lubman (my mom's cousin): April 20, 1967<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For a week I’d been waging a war,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And believe me – I was getting sore<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Running and charging the enemy,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Smashing an elbow, banging my knee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I opened the door a tiny crack,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Hoping, praying it hadn’t come back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But there it was – that nasty FLY – <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Trying to land right in my eye.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: IT;">“No!...No!” I cried in vain,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For the dratted thing was back again!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I reached for my swatter, but oh! – too late:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The monster was diving for my pate!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Quickly I ducked under the nearest chair,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But before I knew it – IT was there!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Jumping up, I banged my head:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">One of us will soon be dead!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In desperation I reached the kitchen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For by this time I was really itchin’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To finish with this fiendish foe:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I was going to end it all, by Joe!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It was going to work; I knew it – ZAP!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The bug was falling for my trap.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I inched my way to the refrigerator<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And opened its jaws like an alligator.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There it lay on a silver plate,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Now all I’d have to do was wait.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The six-legged beast came sniffing ‘round<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And leaped to its death with a single bound.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For on that plate was that wondrous oleo,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Poly-unsaturated all aglow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Liquid yellow, flavor – mellow:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This was the trap for that dastardly fellow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thanks to the miracles of modern men<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Once more I am free again,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Secure in the knowledge that I know:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Flies can’t swim in oleo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Susana Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17765697249781589769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172406886841597618.post-39102877056311625322013-03-24T19:49:00.003-05:002013-04-04T19:22:28.817-05:00Poems written in my students' lit class<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My acrostic
poem of last Tuesday March 19, 2013, in
English Lit class discussion of late 20<sup>th</sup> c USA, using one of the catchwords</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>SUBURBS</b><br />
Snaking through<br />
Urban traffic<br />
Between cars and buses<br />
Usually makes me feel like it’s<br />
Ridiculous to live in the <br />
‘Burbs and<br />
Suffer working in the city.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On EXPERIMENTATION
– catchword for Modernism, March 2013</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Out of the
box<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Out of the
mind<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Look at the
rocks<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">See a
different kind<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Time to
experiment<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Time to
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Susana Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17765697249781589769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172406886841597618.post-30957954177513565042013-03-21T00:29:00.002-05:002013-04-04T19:23:59.360-05:00Un paseo en el Mercado de Bazurto<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Blog #1<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES;">Introducción<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES;">Ultimamente he estado
pensando en comenzar un blog. Antes solía escribir mucho más, así que me
preguntaba si valiera la pena abrir un blog “verdadero”, pero en estos días he
tenido unos estímulos muy chéveres para escribir. Enseño dos cursos de inglés
avanzado para futuros docentes de inglés en Cartagena, Colombia, y nosotros trabajamos
fuertemente en nuestras destrezas de escribir. Digo “nosotros” porque a menudo
cumplo la misma tarea que ellos sólo para ver qué tan factible es. Y
últimamente mi gente de 9º semestre (último año), quienes también</span><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> fueron mis estudiantes en 6º semestre,
han estado practicando dar clases en nuestro curso. Uno de ellos tuvo la
brillante idea de poner a todo el mundo (a las 7 de la mañana) a escribir un
poema en cierto estilo o a expresar cierta época literaria en poesía. Me he
divertido muchísimo con ellos y me he convencido que mis pequeños poemas tontos
valen la pena leer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Oh, no pienso en mí misma como poeta: domino mucho más
la prosa. Mis poemas son más un poco graciosos, a veces cursi, divertidos, pero
eso soy yo. Expresan mis pensamientos, MI corazón. Y si deseas entrar en mi
cabeza y en mi corazón, estás invitado.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A propósito, debo decir que mi hija, la Mujer Mar, me ha
inspirado a tomar mi plumero y ser una “hábil escritora” nuevamente, como es ella
ahora, a los 19 años, una escritora mucho mejor que yo </span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES;">jamás he
sido. Ni yo siempre entiendo sus obras, pero las amo. Cada</span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt;">profesor debe esforzarse para producir estudiantes
que le superan, y ella ciertamente lo ha hecho. No que yo le enseñé a escribir –
Dios hizo eso. Siempre ha escrito, desde que escasamente pudo formar letras. Pero
yo sí le enseñé a leer, y si quieres ser un buen escritor, debes ser un buen
lector. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Gracias, mi </span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES;">amor, por animarme!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES;">El Blog: <i>Un paseo en el Mercado de Bazurto <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt;">No tengo idea qué tan largo va a ser esto. Sí me gusta
escribir para que otros lean, así que intentaré darle un largo “razonable”, sea
lo que sea eso. Este es el primero, así que sé misericordioso.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Hoy volví a uno de los mejores lugares en todo Cartagena
para experimentar una inmersión total cultural, el mercado de Bazurto. Oh, he
ido muchas veces con mi esposo, Norman el super-comprador (el mejor regateador
del mundo), pero normalmente espero en el carro. Tienes que entender que el único
lugar para estacionar en este mercado tradicional al aire libre es allá en la “carretera”
destapada que serpentea a través del mercado, entre camiones y jeeps y cajas
vacías, y especialmente entre la basura en proceso de descomposición. Cuando ya
no puedo aguantar más el calor, me siento en el carro con el aire acondicionado
puesto y leo, o hago siestecilla “de gatico”. Claro que no hago siesta como
nuestra gata, que le gusta dormir debajo de una mesa o, mejor aún, encima de
una, pero ése es el modismo en inglés. En todo caso, Norman en general ha
preferido mercar solo como yo le atraso. Es mucho más alto que yo y su zancada
es por eso mucho más larga que la mía. Pero hoy sugirió que le acompañara. Nos
encanta hacer diligencias juntos, aun sea para ir a pagar los impuestos juntos
o cuando yo le llevo al oftalmólogo, como hoy, a las 6:30 a.m. en mi día
libre, y luego comemos una arepa rellena de pollo en el supermercado Olímpica. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">(Comí la mía con un café con leche, gracias.) </span><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Ya te diste cuenta que escribo en mi propia version de monólogo
interior? Claro que no preparo los bosquejos para mis clases así, pero éste es
MI mente que estás explorando, recuérdalo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Bueno, así que dejamos el carro entre las cajas y los
camiones, puesto el alarma por supuesto, y troté detrás de Norman mientras
literalmente zigzagueaba entre los pasillos angostos llenos de frutas,
verduras, basura, quioscos de almuerzos (era mediodía – cocinan todo el día
allí), basura, vísceras, maíz y yuca recién molidos, fríjoles; ni mencionar
toda clase de ropa, cosas de hogar, nueces y frutas secas, pilas de papas y
piñas, calabazas y cañafístula – dije basura? – etc.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Ya
mencioné los olores? </span><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Ah, la dulzura de las frutas –
piñas, papayas, mangos, nísperos y zapotes (éstos no existen en USA).En otro área
el olor de pescado – pescado crudo, pescado salado, pescado ahumado, pescado
bien muerto, pescado sancochado, pescado frito, y sopa de pescado… los
pelícanos que congregan por el canal son muy saludables…no olvidemos el efluvio
de la basura…serpenteamos por unos pasillos vacíos que sólo hedían a desechos
humanos. Se me ocurrió que estábamos en un espacio ideal para ser atracados. Esto
me hizo admirar más a mi esposo valiente por afrontar estos pasajes oscuros…el
único lugar que estoy agradecida por no visitar hoy fue el mercado de carnes
donde puedes encontrar todo lo que
necesitas desde espinazo para sopa a lomo fino, y cualquier corte de carne de
res, pollo, carnero, cordero o cerdo. En Colombia no comemos a sabiendas carne
de perro, gato o caballo. Lo que sea…El hedor en esa parte del Mercado es
suficiente para revolver el estómago hasta del gringo naturalizado más aclimatado.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sólo entré allí una vez. Una vez fue demasiado. </span><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Y sí, me gusta la sopa de
espinazo de vaca. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">O tal vez sea cola de cerdo. </span><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Lo que sí sé es que solía
arreglar el cabello de Mujer Mar en colitas cuando era pequeña. Sea como fuere,
existen pocos platos que no comeré en Colombia: riñones, morcilla y viuda de pescado. El
último es más un estofado de pescado y, además del pescado, contiene papas,
plátano maduro (que no me gusta en ninguna sopa, sobre todo cuando saben a
pescado) y yuca. Sólo la probé una vez, y me dicen que no fue bien hecho, pero
lo odié y ni siquiera mi dulce suegra puede convencerme a comerlo ahora. Cada
vez que viene y comemos pescado me pregunta si lo voy a hacer “en viuda”, y le
tengo que recordar que no como éso, por si acaso intenta servírmelo en su
casa algún día. Hace mucho pasé el punto de comer algo – cuando entre la
familia – sólo para no ofender. Si llegue algún día a la selva y me sirven
mico, tendré que ser más diplomática. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Que Dios me ayude si me
sirven la cabeza!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sí, Bazurto es una experiencia cultural total. </span><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-CO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Se ahorra una cantidad de dinero mercando allí, pues se evita los intermediaries y los precios de las grandes cadenas de
supermercados, y simplemente se tolera las partes horrorosas. Es verdad que un
mercado como ése no existiría hoy día en USA por las leyes del depto. de la
salud, pero éste no es USA. (No creo que ni el mercado Fulton de pescado en
Nueva York era tan amenazador de la salud como es Bazurto.) </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Y Bazurto no es para todos. </span><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-CO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Si eres fastidioso o crees que lo hacen mejor en
USA porque lo hacen “más limpio”, no lo has entendido. Aprendí hace mucho
tiempo – y llevo 26+ años aquí – que “diferente” no es “mejor”. Esto ha hecho
que sea mucho más fácil acostumbrarme a vivir en una cultura “extranjera” o “diferente”,
y me ha ayudado a evitar quejarme de mi país adoptado (no que no nos quejamos de
muchas cosas, de todas formas), o más importante, de criticarlo por no ser
igual que la tierra de mi niñez. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Extraño a los Estados Unidos? A veces. Colombia ahora es mi vida. </span><span style="font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-CO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lo ha sido por muchos años. Después de volver a
Bazurto hoy, experimentar todos los intensos colores, vistas, sonidos y olores –
y comer sopa de pescado con Norman – tuve que preguntarme si realmente podría vivir
en otro lugar. Tal vez otra parte de Colombia, pero abandonar este país que me
adoptó sería muy difícil.</span>Susana Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17765697249781589769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172406886841597618.post-3433728295693112042013-03-20T22:14:00.000-05:002013-04-04T19:23:14.982-05:00A Stroll through Bazurto Market<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Lately I’ve
been thinking about blogging. I used to write a lot more, so I wondered if I
should bother opening a “real” blog, but lately I’ve had some neat stimuli to
write. I teach two advanced English classes for future English teachers in
Cartagena, Colombia, and we work hard on our writing skills. I say “we” because
I often do the same assignments as they do just to see how feasible they are.
And lately my 9<sup>th</sup> semester (senior year) people, whom I also taught
in 6<sup>th</sup> semester, have been doing some practice teaching in our
class. One of them got the clever idea to have everyone write a poem (at 7 in the morning) in a
certain style or expressing a certain literary period. I’ve had so much fun
with them and have convinced myself that my little poems are worth reading.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Oh, I don’t
think of myself as a poet: I’m much more of a prose writer. My poems are more
tongue-in-cheek, often corny, fun, but they’re me. They express my thoughts, MY
heart. And if you want to come inside my mind and my heart, you’re invited.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">By the way, I
have to say that my daughter, the Sea Woman, has inspired me to take up my pen
and be a ready writer again, as she is now, at 19, a much better writer than I
have ever been. Even I don’t always understand her work, but I love it. Every
teacher should strive to produce students who surpass them, and she certainly
has. Not that I taught her to write. God did that. She always wrote, from the
time she could barely form letters. But I taught her to read. And if you want
to be a good writer, you have to be a good reader. Thanks, honey, for your
encouragement!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Blog: <i>Un paseo en Bazurto – A Stroll through Bazurto Market<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I have no idea
how long this will be. I do like writing for others to read, so I will try to
keep it a “good” length, whatever that is. This is the first, so be kind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cUhlO9Cf-gM/UUqalaDfULI/AAAAAAAAAF4/BxjP4ZtGlOs/s1600/bazurto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cUhlO9Cf-gM/UUqalaDfULI/AAAAAAAAAF4/BxjP4ZtGlOs/s320/bazurto.jpg" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Today I
returned to one of the greatest places to experience total cultural immersion
in all of Cartagena, the Bazurto market. Oh, I’ve been there many times with my
husband, Norman the super-shopper (the world’s best bargainer), but usually I
wait at the car. You have to understand that the only place to park in this
old-fashioned, open-air market, is out on the dirt “road” that snakes through
the market, among trucks and jeeps and empty crates, and especially among
decaying garbage. When I can’t take the heat anymore, I sit in the car with the
a/c on and read, or catch a cat-nap. I do not nap like our cat, who lays out
under a table or, even better, on top of one, but that is the idiom. Anyway, Norman
has usually preferred to market alone as I slow him down. He is a lot taller
than I am and his stride is therefore much longer than mine. But today he suggested
I accompany him. We love doing errands together, even if it’s going to pay our
tax bill together or me taking him to the ophthalmologist, like today, at 6:30
on my day off, then having a chicken-filled arepa at the Olímpica supermarket. (I
had mine with a latté, thank you.) Have
you noticed that I write in my version of stream-of-consciousness, yet? I don’t do my teaching outlines like this,
but this IS my mind you’re visiting, remember.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So we left the
car between the crates and trucks, alarm on of course, and I trotted along
behind Norman as he literally winded his way in and out of narrow lanes filled
with fruits, vegetables, grains, garbage, lunch stalls (it was noon – they cook
all day in those kiosks), garbage visceras, freshly ground corn and yuca (manioc),
beans; not to mention all kinds of clothing, household items, nuts and dried
fruit, piles of potatoes and pineapples, squash and carob beans – did-I-say-garbage?
Etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Did I mention
the smells? Ah, the sweetness of the
fruits – pineapples, papayas, mangoes, nísperos and zapotes (these do not exist
in the USA.) In another area the smell of fish – raw fish, salted fish, smoked
fish, dead fish, steamed fish, fried fish, fish soup… the pelicans along the
canal are very healthy… Let’s not forget the effluvium of the garbage… we
snaked through some empty aisles that only smelled of human waste. It occurred
to me we were in an excellent spot to be mugged. Made me admire my fearless
husband even more for braving these dim passages…the one place I’m grateful we
didn’t go through today was the meat market, where you can find everything you need from
cow tail soup to filet mignon, and any cut of beef, chicken, mutton, lamb or
pork. In Colombia we do not knowingly eat dog, cat or horsemeat. Whatever. The odor
in that part of the market is enough to churn the stomach of even the hardiest
gringa-born, naturalized citizen. I only went there once. Once was enough. And yes,
I like cow-tail soup. Or maybe it’s pig tail soup. I do know I used to fix Sea
Woman’s hair in pig tails when she was little. Be that as it may, there are
only a few dishes I will not eat in Colombia:
kidneys, blood sausage and “fish widow soup.” The latter is more of a
fish stew and, besides the fish, contains potatoes, ripe plantains (I don’t like
sweet plantains in soup, especially if they taste like fish) and yuca. I only
tried it once, and they tell me it wasn’t well-made, but I hated it and not
even my sweet mother-in-law could convince me to eat it now. Every time she’s
here and we have fish, she asks me if I’m going to make it widow-style, and I
have to remind her that I don’t eat that, just in case she tries to serve it to
me at her house some day. I am long past the point where I will eat something –
when among family – just to be polite. If I ever get to the jungle and they
serve me monkey, I will have to be more diplomatic. God help me if they serve
me the head!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Yes, Bazurto
is a total cultural experience. You save a good deal of money by shopping there
as you avoid the middle-men and big supermarket chain prices, and you just put
up with the disgusting parts. It’s true that a market like that would hardly
exist in the US, because of hygiene regulations, but this is not the USA. (I
don’t think even the Fulton fish market in New York was as hazardous to your
health as Bazurto.) And Bazurto is not for everyone. If you’re fastidious or if
you think they do it better in the USA because they do it cleaner, you’ve
missed the point. I learned a long time ago – and I’ve been here 26+ years –
that different isn’t better. It’s made it a lot easier to get used to living in
a “foreign” or “different culture” and helped me avoid complaining about my
adopted country (not that we don’t all complain about many things anyway), or
more important, criticizing it for not being the same as where I grew up. Do I
miss the USA? Sometimes. Colombia is my
life now. Has been for many years. After re-visiting Bazurto today, taking in
all the rich colors, sights, sounds and smells – and eating some fish soup with
Norman – I had to ask myself if I could really live anywhere else. Maybe some
other part of Colombia, but leaving this country that adopted me would be hard. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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