As a very (VERY!) proud Cuban mother, I am pretty vocal about my opinions. (talk about a character defect!)And I tried. Really I did. But these pictures kept popping into my head. And I wasn't going to say anything. . .But he asked . . . Squiggy Squiggman of Lenny and Squiggy fame.A Kewpie doll.Ming the Merciless Emperor ...
My Kids
Learning to stand
Eric went to college at UCSD and so knows all the best surf spots down here in Del Mar and San Diego. It is here on this very same beach and in these same waves that he perfected his turns. As I watch him with the kids, I think how much I love the continuity of having Jonathan learning to surf here in this same spot as his Dad and how as he ...
Havana Surf Team Training Camp
The West Coast representatives of the Havana Surf Team (henceforth to be known as the HST) will be in serious training all week on the beautiful beaches of San Diego, California. ;-) I'll be bringing live reports from their training facility. My job for the entire week is to document the adventures of the HST from paddle out to wipe out. I ...
I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
NOTE: This post will make sense to die-hard Tolkien fans and LOTR uber-geeks (and you know who you are and in which case you'll love the links on this page) and will merely amuse the rest of you. =D In September of 1973, the author J.R.R. Tolkien died. As usually happens with notable literary or artistic figures, after their death there is ...
Favorite scene from the movie of my life
Neighbor: "So, you guys had quite the party last night, huh?" Me: "Umm. . . no. But Amy and Adam came over for dinner." =D Seriously. The noise level when my four offspring are in the same room is Off. The. Charts. I pretend to be upset. "You're all just sooo NOISY." They get louder and totally ignore me because ...
A date with Dad
WARNING: Some serious bragging ahead! =D She taught herself to play. She was playing so well, that we finally got a piano teacher to help hone her skills.And she practices everyday.Without me having to remind her. I take NO credit for this kind of discipline.Because I am the messy, flaky kind of artist. ;-) I really need to just sit down one day ...
Walk. Don’t run.
The engine light came on in Eric's car, so he asked if he could take my minivan to work and meetings. (Of course, I drive a minivan. I think it's federally mandated in our county, but that's not important right now. =D) Before I had time to answer, Jonathan said: "Of course it's okay, Dad. We can just walk to school." Cracks me up ...
What’s wrong with this picture?
It's my same Lucy-girl in both pictures. In one she's starting Kindergarten. In the other she's starting High School. I can't tell which is which. She looks exactly the same to me. Deep breath. Heavy sigh. Welcome to our first day of high school. (I'll have this whole Kindergarten/High School thing cleared up by recess, I'm sure. My ...
Cuban Pride
Adam comes bouncing in yesterday in his goofy black Cowboy-Superman hat and wearing this shirt. Yes, it says:"Proud Member of the Miami Mafia."And he does wear it with great pride. He's twenty-one and for the most part, politics do not usually interest him or his friends. But because he's Cuban American and because his mother has ...
Listen to me when I’m talking to you
They don't take me seriously. Or at least it doesn't seem like they do. I say stuff all the time and they look at me with question marks on their faces as if to say, "You can't expect us to take you seriously when you say stuff like that." Stuff like: "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should." "The issue is ...
