Etiqueta: essay
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Eternal and divine by Susana Cabaço
Holding on to your ultimate truth—your eternalness and divineness—keeps your humanness sound and expansive, beyond the constructs of ego and external upheavals. No wave of darkness can engulf your light, no wind of deceit can blow away your goodness, and no earthquake of dread can shake your true foundation. The…
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DIFFERENCES by Jeffrey Zable
Of course, each person is treated differently, and for a multitude of different reasons, but some of the main reasons are surely related to how they look, how much money they have, power they control, and, of course, what they can do for the person who is seeking their attention.…
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Christmas Novellas by Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol by Robbie Cheadle
A Christmas Carol tells the story of an elderly miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, who is visited by the ghost of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley, on Christmas Eve. Jacob Marley is described as having a pigtail and a waistcoat, tights and boots and looking much the same in death as…
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Blue (2) by Luisa Zambrotta
In Hinduism a lot of gods are depicted with blue-coloured skin, particularly those associated with Vishnu, the preserver of the world and thus connected to water. Shiva, the destroyer, is also depicted in light blue tones and is called blue-throated, for having swallowed poison in an attempt to turn a…
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Christmas Novellas by Charles Dickens – The Battle of Life, a Love Story by Robbie Cheadle
Picture credit: Link The Battle of Life is a love story by Charles Dickens that was first published in 1846. It is the fourth of Dickens’ five Christmas Books. It is the only story in the collection that does not have a supernatural element. The story is set in an English…
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“Third World” Is Outdated—and Dangerous: It’s Time to Change How We Speak by Edward Ortiz
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I heard the term “Third World” quite a lot. I think this is one of those expressions that needs to be erased from our vocabulary, since there is only one world, and all countries belong to it. Using that term promotes discrimination and disdain toward people…
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Inner centeredness by Susana Cabaço
Published in November 2024. Are we celebrating the first anniversary of LatinosUSA! So many things in the contemporary world have the power to take you out of yourself, distracting you from your inner truth and potential. The more you go out, the farther you are from your essential core. Out…
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The Red Badge of Courage / Stephen Crane by Robbie Cheadle
Background The Red Badge of Courage is a novel about the American Civil War, written by American author, Stephen Crane. Although the author was born after the war and had not ever participated in a battle when he wrote the book, The Red Badge of Courage is cited for its realism and naturalism.…
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Human tree by Susana Cabaço
Each and every yellow leaf on the ground has a story to tell. A story that is different for all of the leaves, because they all came to light at different times, were in different places across the branches, owned different characteristics, and had different experiences while they were around,…
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Abstract by Fioravante Ascolese
Fioravante Ascolese’s essay traces the birth and evolution of zero—from a philosophical notion of “nothingness” to a cornerstone of modern mathematics and technology. From its Babylonian and Indian origins to its transmission through the Islamic world and its subsequent diffusion in Europe with Fibonacci, zero emerges as a symbol of…
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At times of change by Susana Cabaço
At times of change, things seem to stir up wildly, as if a hidden force is putting everything in motion toward an apparent chaos. The example of how the water being heated starts to move fast and erratically before ebullition—a phase transition from liquid to gas, that is, to a…
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Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain by Robbie Cheadle
A fellow blogger introduced me to Vera Brittain, a feminist, writer, and poet, who lived through WW1 and lost her fiancé, brother, and two close friends. My own great aunt never married after losing her fiancé during WW1, so Vera’s feelings of loss and displacement after the war gave me a…
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READING A STORY ABOUT THE BLACK SEA by Nina Kossman
Translated from the Russian by NL Herzenberg When my students are seated, I give out copies of my book and tell that they’ll have to share their copy with their neighbor. “This book is about my childhood. Today we’ll be reading a story about my childhood. Read the name on…
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Eleanor Rigby by Luisa Zambrotta
“Eleanor Rigby” (released in 1966) was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon / McCartney The song continued the Beatles’ evolution from a pop, live-performance band to a more experimental, studio-orientated band It was a very important move forward. both musically and lyrically, marking a break with the optimism…
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Eternally Fascinating, the Vampire Endures by LindaAnn LoSchiavo
No creature of the night seems to excite writers,readers, goth fashion designers, audiences, and gamers like thevampire. While the luster of other humanoid monsters such as Frankenstein, the Mummy, and the Wolfman has faded, vampireshave retained such undying appeal that they’ve infiltrated some ofthe unlikeliest niche markets such as…
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Halloween: Dracula by Bram Stoker by Robbie Cheadle
What Amazon says The vampire count of Transylvania seeks his lost love and the conquest of Britain by plague. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.» My review I listened to the audio book of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It is one of the most amazing books I have ever read. I don’t…
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