Don’t miss Episode 118 – A Fortunate Accident -  Un accidente afortunado.

Not only is it essential to have a skill, but also to recognize an opportunity as a diamond in the raw and have an

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A Letter to the Magi – Una carta para los Reyes Magos.

We are reminiscing about early Thanksgivings in the United States. Those sad due to loss or loneliness, the happy family re-encuentros (the reunions), and the ones that escaped us as we tried to adapt to new temperatures, a language, and culture. In the early days of our exile, if we were lucky, there would be a

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Estamos recordando los primeros días de Acción de Gracias en los Estados Unidos. Los tristes por la pérdida o la soledad, los reencuentros familiares felices, y los que se escapaban mientras tratábamos de adaptarnos a las nuevas temperaturas, a un idioma y a una cultura. En los primeros días de nuestro exilio, si teníamos suerte, habría una bodega a poca

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If you saw him walking down the street you would immediately recognize him as the happiest man on Facebook, well and maybe in Stockholm and the world! 

He is often seen singing Mexican music accompanied by family and friends who live in Sweden. And if not singing, he invites us to enter his kitchen to delight us with his Cuban Holguin gastronomy.

We definitely see that where we land, we make community, and for this episode, we send a warm greeting to the Cubans living in Nordic countries – a thousand in Finland, a few in Denmark, 600 in Norway, 3

Since the last episode, The Green Plantain and yours truly visited Greece and Turkey on a tour that took our family to the ruins of Akrotiri in Santorini, Greece.

This is a historical fiction story of friendship and serendipity in antiquity and modern times. The young girl's name is Eleni, a nod to our excellent guide in

Desde el último episodio, el Green Plantain y yo visitamos

Esta es una historia de ficción histórica de amistad y

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A reading of Chapter 17 - Florida Snorkeling from the book Now I Swim

Riverside Love - Part 2 concludes the love story of Marta Anisia Mouriño Faes and René Julio Riquelme Babé, written by their daughter, Marta Mayer. 

Amor Riverside - Part2 2 - Concluye la historia de amor de Marta Anisia Mouriño Faes y René Julio Riquelme Babé, escrita por su hija, Marta Mayer.

I never tire of sharing Cuban love stories and how, despite often coinciding with the challenges of exile, they give us hope, a sense of continuity, and admiration.

 This is the love story of Marta Anisia Mouriño Faes and René Julio Riquelme Babé, written by their daughter, Marta Mayer.

No me canso de compartir historias de amor cubanas y

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Manuel Barrio-Costolla's trip to Cuba in 1914 from Santiago de Compostela, Spain, was fraught with uncertainty and danger. Despite his enthusiasm

El viaje de Manuel Barrio-Costolla a Cuba en 1914 desde Santiago de Compostela, España, estuvo lleno de incertidumbre y peligro. A pesar de su entusiasmo y determinación de comenzar una nueva vida, los eventos de la Primera Guerra Mundial ensombrecieron sus planes. Pero el amor estaba en el horizonte.

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Dunia and her husband usually stroll around the Manzanillo glorieta in the evenings, but not tonight when the rainy day gave way to more rain, mugginess, and a suffocating evening.

Dunia y su marido suelen pasear por la glorieta de manzanillo por las tardes, pero no esta noche, cuando el día lluvioso dio paso a más lluvia, y una noche pegajosa sofocante.

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