I walked your banks determined to reclaim you from history – from our story – make you my own
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La Reconquista
Posted in Guadalquivir, River, Spain on February 17, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
Beneath Aracena / Bajo Aracena
Posted in Caves, Fantasies, Spain on January 31, 2020 | 4 Comments »
Beneath the earth’s surface time is languid formations otherworldly, silent some millions, some thousands, of years in the making a thousand years from now gazers will see the centimeter of growth
The painter’s bed
Posted in Art, Spain on January 25, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
I awake alone in the painter’s bed it takes a moment for my eyes to adjust my mind to register and then it comes back to me.
Flight 6251
Posted in Love, Spain, Travel on January 10, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
Terminal 4 at Madrid-Barajas buzzes and hums a steady drone of luggage wheels rapid feet, weary travelers, confused tourists frustrated whines of sequestered children and our little awkward pre-board tableau.
What the doors remember
Posted in Freedom, History, Spain on December 24, 2019 | 3 Comments »
We took almost the same picture from inside the courtyard facing the cobblestoned street: the horse through the arched mudéjar doorway it’s carriage-carrying tourists hidden behind the thick ancient wall.