With Spanish, a language that is used so widely all over the world, with so many different cultural differences, how do you approach a text?
A poem by Begoña Martínez. Am I a cat? / I bask in the sun, / I lay in your lap, / I find my own way, / I don’t like other cats.
Yesterday I visited the birthplace of Sandino in Nicaragua: Niquinohomo. Yo soy del pueblo que un niño en Niquinohomo soñó. Soy del pueblo de Sandino y Benjamín Zeledón —Yo soy de un pueblo sencillo, by Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy (see the complete lyrics and my translation below) Benjamín Zeledón’s fortress —the political prison We
Somebody makes a pseudo-stupid joke at my son Quique in the street —something I’ll never understand.
Pablo looks at me with his best “what the hell just happened, did you get it?” and our telepathy fails for a moment, and I have to make do with expressing my thoughts with words, and in front of the kids to boot.
[In English, because this is not for the delicate ears of my Spanish kids]
“Let it be. Just an idiot. Motherfucking drunk.” [In Spanish, because… well, you’ll see]
“Mooooom!” Lucía, my 10 year-old, scolds me “that’s a swear word, I HEARD YOU!”
“Darn. So now you do speak English and you understand it when it’s convenient for you. So I won’t be able to swear even in English, now?”
“You could swear in German. But… well, then when I heard you speaking in German I’d know you’re swearing.”
Lost. We’ve lost here.
Should I compile all the Quique and Lucía stories in a single document? This is a serious question for you as my readers. Do tell me in the comments. I’ve also asked my patrons on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/minibego. If you’re late to the party, it’s a system in which people help me pay for my writing costs, and maybe, someday, for my writing itself. Go have a look. It starts with as little as 1$ a month and it really pushes me to write more.
By the way, we’ve reached the next goal we had, to get 2 pretty ebook covers a year:
The next goal is getting two pretty layouts a year:
It feels like the seed of a new, cool thing growing in my life. I’m really looking forward to see what happens next. 🙂
Hay una niña de once años. Es la niña del libro. Es una chica con gafotas heredadas, en plan Toro Sentado, con una falda azul hasta los tobillos y un libro donde se cruzan las piernas. Lleva una coleta negra y me mira.
En tu declaración de la renta, marca Actividades de Interés General consideradas de Interés Social. Es compatible con la de la Iglesia, no vas a pagar más impuestos y tomarás un papel activo en elegir cómo se gasta el dinero en nuestro país.
… es lo que parece que empieza a perfilarse como la semana del orgullo gay en Cartagena. Ya el viernes fuimos las chicas de Amnistía al concierto de Gloria Gaynor. Vale, fue en San Javier; vale, es una cristiana renacida; vale; fuimos simplemente porque era divertido. Pero, empezar el día 28 a las 00:15 cantando
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