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¿Tomato or Tometo?

“How do you say tomato? "Towmeirdow,” of course, like all normal Americans. “Really!?” she says, with a contorted face. She didn’t...

A Few Spaniards in California

The AVE made its jolting halt into Joaquín Sorrolla; “I’m almost home,” I thought to myself, tired, jet-lagged, yet deeply content. Just a q

We are not alone

I gave up apologizing about it to my students when I realised that, because of it, we all have had to suffer. It is a cultural trial, a...

Inspiration or Just Plain Silly

“You’ll write about this.” “No, I won’t. I’m not a writer. I’m a reader.” “You’ll write about this.” The voice repeated. “No, I won’t!” I...

The Route Less Traveled

It started with a promise. But I didn’t know that then. I didn’t know I would resign from my teaching position for this promise. Nor did...

The Spicy Origins of DarKha

I had no idea at the time how it would change my life. At that moment, I just wanted to investigate an island in Southern India: “let's...

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