Category: Gender

Happy Un-Holidays by da-AL

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Still from John Water's film, "Female Trouble"

Are you feeling holiday-ish?

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

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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

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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

Part 2: Marvelous Madrid, Spain — Parks, Prado, and Sofia

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Picasso's Guernica painting at the National Museum Art Centre Queen Sofia, Madrid, Spain.

Madrid is such a jam-packed marvel that it deserves more than one post. Spacious parks abound. Here I posed at one that displayed Don Quixote and his devoted Sancho Panza… Thank goodness these aren't the kinds of horses that need to be swept up after.We could have spent way more than just a day at… Continue reading Part 2: Marvelous Madrid, Spain — Parks, Prado, and Sofia

Willie Nelson: Vote ’em Out VIDEO by da-AL

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Nelson, 2016, Topeka, Kansas.

That's what election day's all about! Willie Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist. https://youtu.be/bt-n0zu6MjM&rel=0 Willie Nelson – Vote 'Em Out lyrics [Verse 1] If you don't like who's in there, vote 'em out That's what Election Day is all about The biggest gun we've got… Continue reading Willie Nelson: Vote ’em Out VIDEO by da-AL