Marcela in English
- Location
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Birthday
- June 28
- Bio
- Writing in English (not my first language, but a language I love)...................................................................................................................
Banner photo: sand and mountain tops in Province of Jujuy, Argentina.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Buenos Aires countryside
April 07, 2010 12:35PM - Little water
April 03, 2010 03:20PM - Chile before and after... with
short update
March 03, 2010 10:09AM - My Patagonia and In Patagonia
February 07, 2010 02:30PM - 729 hands painted.
January 03, 2010 10:57PM
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Cachafaz, w…”
July 11, 2010 09:35PM - “Dear Laurel,
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... a month, already?! So,
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May 22, 2010 07:01PM - “I caught just a glimpse
of what was going on, felt
shocked
and I felt afraid of
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April 19, 2010 10:30PM - “Very interesting post. I
have the feeling that
the
"supernatural" is
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April 19, 2010 09:09PM - “Apart from the trees, I
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April 19, 2010 06:28PM
Marcela in English's Links
Buenos Aires countryside
I spent a great weekend with my family in my brother-in-law´s small farm in Mercedes, a town on the South West of the province of Buenos Aires.
I love being in the countryside, so I took some pictures, which I´m happy to share with you.
I´ll show you the typical landscape… Read full post »
Little water

Little water, friend of mine,
Allow me to dip both hands.
Clean water, little friend,
I´ll invite you to my face.
Cool water, life of mine,
You´ve freshened my eyes:
Vivid oranges, soft yellows,
Lingering… Read full post »
Chile before and after... with short update
Update:
Two more aftershocks were felt today Friday 5th March, with magnitudes of 6,8 and 6,6 on the Richter scale, causing renewed panic and damage in the already badly hit city of Concepción, in Chile. Docens of aftershoks have been reported in Chile since the earthquake of last Saturday, g… Read full post »
My Patagonia and In Patagonia

Argentina in South America, and Patagonia in Argentina.

Now the whole geographical area, which includes Chile and Argentina
One of my online students of Spanish is English and he lives in London. He has a law-firm, he is intelligent, smart, and very genero… Read full post »
729 hands painted.

The desert offers no truce. Dry and hot during the summer, freezing cold in winter. The soil is composed of loose rocks, volcanic sand, with some thorny shrubs here and there, and cliffs hanging high, overlooking more cliffs.
Not a sign of water...yet.

But there… Read full post »
Rosedal: come and see.

Today was a perfect sunny day. This is one of the entrances to El Rosedal
I wanted to share some pictures I took today at El Rosedal, a beautiful portion of Parque Tres de Febrero, not far from my house. It´s summer time in Buenos Aires, the… Read full post »
Sketch
He hides his deep wrinkles behind darkened hands; one more shadow in the desert many call City. Nobody meets his eyes, he is not acknowledged or taken in. He stays very quiet and covers his face, just for now.
My feet shuffling cool sand,
A Pilgrim: Part III
Parts I and II are here
The following passages from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, by Annie Dillard, are about nature, about religion, about ourselves, about it all.

“Moses said to God, “I beseech thee, show me thy glory.”… Read full post »
To Bidet or not to Bidet?
Dear Open Salon community:
I´ve shared with you deep feelings, private thoughts, secret dreams. However, unexpected circumstances have made it essential that I now pluck up the necessary courage to share with you ... my bathroom. Or rather, the part of my bathroom which is relevant to… Read full post »
1000 Words, with no words
A Thousand Words, by talented director Ted Chung, is only four minutes long. I have used this short film a number of times as class material, because A Thousand Words has the quality of transmitting much with a few images, and it´s a good stepping-stone for conversation… Read full post »
In the dark

A Pilgrim: Part II
For Part I click here.
I have been trying hard to express what I feel when I read Annie Dillard´s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Her narrations are exhuberant, intoxicating; but also terrifying, unbearably cruel -and yet, irresistible.
This book is having a deep impact … Read full post »
Bye, dear Negra.

I went to work with tears in my eyes. And I found my students (hard-core businesspeople) with tears in their eyes. So we had our classes and, of course, we talked about our Negra Sosa.
You see, Mercedes Sosa, our Negra, she trascended it all, because… Read full post »
A Pilgrim: Part I

This is Tinker Creek, picture from google.com
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, by Annie Dillard, is a book I had no idea about. Two wonderful people, Melissa and Michael (from Metaness, The Yellow Starlings, Love, Grandma), sent the book to me more or… Read full post »
Oh me, oh life...
Walt Whitman and his Leaves of Grass. I´m sure you already know this poem, you must have studied Whitman at school. I learned about Whitman and the Transcendentalists when I was doing my English teaching training here in Buenos Aires, and I have loved the old Walt and Emerson, and… Read full post »
Some "Annies" come by mail.
Ah, the incredible ways some "Annies" have to enter my life…
I had no idea about this Annie: I had never heard of her or that she has won the Pulitzer Prize; in short, I did not know about Annie Dillard´s existence.… Read full post »
My awkwardness
Many people long for money, others for fame, some may desire beauty or maybe social class. My true longing is oh, to have social skills, charisma, cool manners, whatever it is that makes people enjoy being with someone and –more important- wanting to see that person again and become a/… Read full post »
Land of Infinites, Part 5
All photos (c) Marcela July 2009

The five of us in Salinas Grandes: a sea of salt as old as time itself.

Little daughter having fun in amazing extensions of sand in the mountains.

Hiking in the company of my husband´s siste… Read full post »
Watch this: The Ball
How much can be conveyed through music, image and a few lines when there is talent behind?
I use this material in my classes very often, and it always brings smiles and a number of topics to talk about and practise conversation in English. But you are not in my… Read full post »
Land of infinites Part 4
There is something about untamed nature that brings in me the real me. It´s when I´m hiking in remote places that I finally feel I´ve found myself, and it feels nice. These are pictures from last summer at Perito Moreno Glacier, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. They resembl… Read full post »
Bird by Bird - Part 3
Introduction here; Part 1 here; Part 2 here.

I have finished Bird by Bird. After reading the last page, I closed the book slowly, looked at its front and back covers closely again, and had that familiar mix of happiness, melancholy and a sense of belonging that… Read full post »
Bird by Bird: part 2

Ann Lamott, author of Bird by Bird
A few days ago I posted some excerpts from the Introduction of Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamott.
Bird by Bird offers “some instructions on writing and life”, and it is addressed to either people… Read full post »
A dangerous criminal
Fourteen years of age can be just a few years of life or an eternity. Sometimes both realities coexist in the same teenager, especially if he is a kid from the shanty towns in any big city of the third world.
One of… Read full post »
Bird by Bird

Splendid writer Anne
Lamott
Bird by Bird, the present Mr. Mustard / Chuck sent all the way South from the States, is a literary jewel. I feel so happy when I have the feeling I will enjoy a certain book, and then reading it proves even better… Read full post »
A present from far away
The weather was awful this morning, cold, grey and rainy. I went out to buy a few things and came back home cursing the winter. I entered the kitchen shaking my wet umbrella, and my husband announced with a smile, "a present has just come for you, " and he handed… Read full post »
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