Travel – chlo-etry

Short thoughts from a long plane ride

Poem. Some thoughts about the ontological experience of an airplane ride.

Galicia #nasmiñaspalabras Quarantined Pintxos Podcast Challenge #1

Submit a 30-second voice recording of your favorite WORDS
in Galician, English, and/or Spanish.

Entroido

Galician Entroido (Carnival) is American Halloween on steriods.

On “Native Languages”

Coming from Los Angeles, bilingualism is a natural thing for me to encounter; after living in Lugo, however, I’ve noticed major differences in the Galician variety of bilingualism.

Why Should a Los Angelin(a) Learn Galician?

To many Galicians nowadays, speaking Castilian is a sign of upper-class, city residence; meanwhile, speaking Galician could be seen as showing a more rural, even working-class side of your person.

Something about the rugged land tied with the ancient nature of so many of these stories, passed down for generations, adds an extra layer of enchantment (from my perspective) to Galicia’s people and history.

The Chestnut: O Magosto.

This weekend I visited Ourense to get a taste of the castañas during o magosto. It’s so interesting how visiting a different city makes you realize other parts about your own. For example, Lugo’s life is kept tightly wrapped-up in its wall; meanwhile, Ourense’s sprawling size (not that much bigger than Lugo’s) opens out onto itsContinueContinue reading “The Chestnut: O Magosto.”