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Posted on July 24, 2022October 4, 2022 by RealEmbassyKid · 4 Comments

Memoir Monday: Home Leave Territory is Still Sacred Ground

Silo, farmhouse, corn: Home Leave Territory!

Home leave territory is a place where it is always summer, where our extended family lived in the same homes year after year, and where we were the celebrated visitors.

Posted on June 9, 2022September 17, 2022 by RealEmbassyKid · 10 Comments

Memoir Monday: Life is a Carnival!

Caracas trio 1955

In 1955, I learned how to walk to a Latin playlist The earliest tunes I remember hearing were the Venezuelan rhythms of música criolla which the radio stations in Caracas played at night. Dad had an affinity for music—part genetic, his farmer father was a self-taught fiddler, and part born of listening to songs streaming…

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