Awe for Auckland, New Zealand

Khashayar, hostess Claire, and a charming young neighbor with da-AL.

Too little time for da-AL to discover all of Mt. Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. Mount Eden is the place to go for a fantastic full-circle view of Auckland, where my husband and I began and ended our visit to New Zealand. (Next we'd be off to Rotorua, then New Zealand's Redwoods and Huka Falls, plus Craters… Continue reading Awe for Auckland, New Zealand

No Single Word Have Spoken I This Day by Ana Daksina: Reblog

Cropped black and white photo of man with a bird in his mouth by Ryan McGuire of Gratisography
Cropped black and white photo of man with a bird in his mouth by Ryan McGuire of Gratisography
This is by Ryan McGuire of Gratisography

Listening requires attention and openness. Poet Ana Daksina reminds us how silence allows us to hear the beating of our own hearts…

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Ana Daksina's avatarTimeless Classics

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Today I spoken have no single word
Nor have one spoken by another heard

Today I listened to a sighing breeze
Wistfully stroke the branches of the trees

Perhaps for the first time I fully heard
The language in the singing of a bird

Mid lovely silence, oh, so quietly
My Muses whispered many dreams to me

Today no single word hath passed my lips
Came seven poems from my fingertips

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Flamenco Fusion

Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam respectfully and lovingly fuses dance cultures.

"Flamenco & the Sitting Cat" is the title of the first of my soon-to-be self-published novels. The 'Sitting Cat' part of the title refers to the geographical shape of Iran... I grew up with only classical music -- and flamenco music and dance. My father, who left Barcelona in his mid-20s, wanted it that way.… Continue reading Flamenco Fusion

Part 4: Do Marvelous Madrid, Spain, Cats Pray? (w Video)

It's magical how WiFi stands and waves his paws!

It's magical how WiFi stands and waves his paws! The marvels of Spain, too numerous to count (after all, my soon-to-be self-published novel is called "Flamenco & the Sitting Cat") -- were rendered all the more marvelous thanks to our kind hostess Henrietta Fielden (henriettafielden@gmail.com). Her flat in Madrid is located within a theater building… Continue reading Part 4: Do Marvelous Madrid, Spain, Cats Pray? (w Video)

Part 3: Marvelous Madrid, Spain — Flamenco

Flamenco goddess Carmen Amaya. My father was from Spain, so even though I was born and mostly raised in the U.S., the music of my childhood was solely European classical and flamenco. That's why my upcoming novel is named, "Flamenco & the Sitting Cat," and here flamenco my marvelous visit to Madrid merits a post of… Continue reading Part 3: Marvelous Madrid, Spain — Flamenco