Note: I haven’t prepared a new post this week, as I’ve been unexpectedly hard hit by Covid. It’s my first infection and it’s been nearly a year since my last booster, but I’m still surprised to have been so badly affected. But some of you will not be familiar with this piece from my archives, which I wrote when I was living in Buenos Aires. If you’d prefer to watch and listen, you’ll find an embedded YouTube video below. Enjoy! Normal service will resume as soon as I’m well.
I’m sorry to hear you have come down with Covid and that it’s been a rough bit for you. Thanks for the repost it showed up this am right next to a new post from Mitra Martin who is a tango aquaintance,Iranian and also posting on sub stack. You might enjoy her work if you’ve got energy to read.
I can really relate to your story, mia cara signora. I was born in the US, but I am Tatar and Scottish, mostly. I moved around a lot, from the far North near the Canadian border, to Colorado, to South Carolina where I was briefly in the service, to Northern, Southern and the desert of California, and now at my permanent residence, Las Vegas, Nevada. My aunt, who lives next door, is from Colombia. I speak Spanish fairly fluently, and so I decided to learn Italian because it's fairly close to Spanish. I am also learning Japanese because I love the culture and the people (but not anime), Polish because I'm 1/8 Slav, and Russian, so I can help my brothers and sisters in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Crimea learn English, as they all want to learn Russian first. I have a friend in Bangladesh, so I've been dabbling in Bangla as well. It can be a small, closely connected and loving world if we want it to be...
Good Morning Iona,
I’m sorry to hear you have come down with Covid and that it’s been a rough bit for you. Thanks for the repost it showed up this am right next to a new post from Mitra Martin who is a tango aquaintance,Iranian and also posting on sub stack. You might enjoy her work if you’ve got energy to read.
I hope you feel better soon!
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I can really relate to your story, mia cara signora. I was born in the US, but I am Tatar and Scottish, mostly. I moved around a lot, from the far North near the Canadian border, to Colorado, to South Carolina where I was briefly in the service, to Northern, Southern and the desert of California, and now at my permanent residence, Las Vegas, Nevada. My aunt, who lives next door, is from Colombia. I speak Spanish fairly fluently, and so I decided to learn Italian because it's fairly close to Spanish. I am also learning Japanese because I love the culture and the people (but not anime), Polish because I'm 1/8 Slav, and Russian, so I can help my brothers and sisters in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Crimea learn English, as they all want to learn Russian first. I have a friend in Bangladesh, so I've been dabbling in Bangla as well. It can be a small, closely connected and loving world if we want it to be...
"Donna, se' tanto grande e tanto vali,
che qual vuol grazia e a te non ricorre
sua disianza vuol volar senz'ali." <3 <3 <3
Oh no, I'm so very sorry that you've fallen ill. And I wish you a speedy and thorough recovery. Con i migliori auguri, Bi'aru