Tag: Spain
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Radical Changes after a Radical Year
Hello Meltingpot Community, Guess what today is? It’s my birthday! *cue the horns* And since my next rotation around the sun is so close to the beginning of the new year, I look at my birthday as the time to really dive into my resolutions. My mantra for my new year, after the dumpster fire…
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To Be Black in Spain: A Redux
Hello Meltingpot Community, *sigh* Summertime always makes me think of Spain. Ever since I met el esposo, I’ve associated summer with being in Spain. Our plan as a married couple was to live in the United States, but spend our summers in Spain. We managed to do that until we started having children and our…
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Saying No to Spain and the Grief that Follows
Hello Meltingpot Community, I’m going to get personal today. With the Corona crisis everyone is experiencing loss. But still, many of us will not allow ourselves to admit that we’re hurting because our losses don’t sound as significant as people losing their lives or their jobs. It just feels shallow and selfish to shed tears…
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Why St. Augustine, Florida is the Perfect Kinky Gazpacho Family Getaway
Hello Dear Readers, For the first time ever, I’m sending two of my three children away for summer camp. Yes, son #1 and son #2 are going to turn 17 and 14 this summer, but for reasons both cultural and financial, we’ve never sent them away for camp. But this year, son #1 is going…
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Sisters Are Doing it for Themselves…in Spain
Hello Meltingpot Readers, So, all of you regular readers know that el esposo is my Spanish husband and that I met him while spending my junior year of college in Salamanca, Spain and from a very young age I’ve had a love affair with Spain. And then all of my dreams about Spain were crushed…
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#WomensLives: Life on the Border Between Europe and Africa
Hello Melitngpot Readers, If you’ve read my memoir, Kinky Gazpacho, then you know I’ve lived in both Spain and Morocco, so these recent stories about life in the border city of Ceuta have caught my attention. Ceuta is a city on the cusp of Africa, but it is a Spanish territory. Ceuta’s citizens are Spanish,…
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Who’s More Black•ish, El Esposo or Ms. Meltingpot?
Hello Meltingpot Readers, So, those of you who read my memoir, Kinky Gazpacho, know I have a deep fascination with all things Black and Spanish. It’s kind of been my way to make my relationship with el esposo into some sort of cosmic destiny thing. I like finding historical precedents in all things, including my…
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Kinky Gazpacho The Movie! An Update
Hi Meltingpot Readers, So, I got another update about the progress of Kinky Gazpacho the movie. If you recall from the last time I wrote about it, a Spanish actor had reached out to me to tell me he wanted to play the role of el esposo. Apparently his enthusiasm was a wee bit premature,…
