We are 8 short days from the launch of our new on-line magazine called “La Casa Rojas” where under one ‘roof’, you will have the opportunity to meet some of the most incredible people I’ve had the honor of meeting in some time. These folks are writers, journalists, anthropologists, photographers, professors, chefs, oenophiles, travel guides and [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 29, 2009
Lo Que Estoy Aprendiendo de Cuba – What I am learning about Cuba
This is just a little thing, or maybe it´s not. This is something I didn´t know before, though maybe it’s old news to you all. But I find it chilling and fascinating in the same way the perverbial car crash we happen upon can be.
My writer from Cuba. He wants to write to me and he intends [...]
May 29, 2009
Qué Tan Calida Es the Gente de Hispanoamercia y España – How Warm and Welcoming are the People from Latin America and Spain
I had to take a 5 mile run a bit ago following the receipt of a string of wonderful emails and phone calls and Skype contacts with the growing number of writers that have voiced their interest in joining Luis and I in our new project, the on-line magazine called La Casa Rojas. (launching the 7th of [...]
May 27, 2009
Poco a Poco Nos Encuentra Con Éxito – Bit by Bit We Are Having Success
Okay, it´s been two days since my last update….and just to review…Luis and I are starting an on-line magazine called La Casa Rojas, which will bring writers from each and every Latin American Country plus Spain, together under one roof, (so to speak, thus la CASA rojas). This magazine will provide original material about each country and what [...]
May 25, 2009
¿Quién Sabría Esto Si No Por la Gente a Si Misma? Who Would Know This If Not From the People Themselves?
It speaks for itself….I am simply offering it additional air. – Joan
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May 25, 2009
¿Choque Cultural o Algo Diferente? Cultural Clash or Something Else?
The good news I have to report is that currently I have 21 very enthused writers for our On-line Magazine called La Casa Rojas due to launch on June 7th hailing from 10 different countries representing Central America, South America and Spain. The so-so news is; that is I think I have 21 very enthused writers for [...]
May 24, 2009
A Day in the Life of a Bicultural Marriage
Luis and I are Rojas Spanish Language, Inc. We (or rather Luis) teaches Spanish in St. Paul, Minnesota face-to-face, from anywhere in the world through Skype, we together publish a Podcast, we together create and produce an only-of-it’s-kind on-line video learning program that brings our subscribers with us on our travels across Hispanoamerica and Spain so that they [...]
May 24, 2009
Nuevo Día – Dos Redactores Más/New Day – Two More Writers
So how would you go about finding really great writers, with a particular expertise, who resonate with your vision of a project to which you’d like them to consider contributing?
Thank goodness we have a world wide web because for the last 2 months, I have been reading Blogs and Websites and sending out emails on recommendations from friends [...]
May 23, 2009
La Revista En Línea Se Llama “La Casa Rojas” ‘ The On-line Magazine Called “La Casa Rojas”
Along side my other typical streams of consciousness, this Blog,… will begin the count down to the launch of Rojas Spanish Language’s new On-line Magazine called “La Casa Rojas”.
First things first. Why are we calling our On-line Magazine La Casa Rojas? Quite simply, Luis and I are inviting writers from all over Latin America and Spain to gather with [...]
May 16, 2009
Ah There’s Nothing Like the Hospitality of an Hispanic Family
A stereotype, you say? How dare you generalize, you say? Oh, I know I am in dangerous water here, but listen, I am only speaking to my experience.
In the last week I had 8 sessions ‘in-home’ with 8 different Hispanic families, between them hailing from Mexico, Guatemala and Ecuador. I was invited to dinner as it was about [...]
