I don't like negative people or negative thinking. When I work or even volunteer where I now live and hear someone who is critical of anyone or anything before they even say hello my antennae is immediately up. Sometimes people are simply wired to expect the worst, and they find it to be a self f
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02/29/2016
Just inside the iconic Plaza de la Revolucion is the former Presidential Palace. It initially served as the offices of government and was eventually the home of Fidel Castro. It is a beautiful place and now essentially a government museum. There were numerous attempts to kill Castro and there are
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02/29/2016
Ernest Hemingway was a character, a genius and any number of other things: mostly outrageous or scandalous. He is known for his four marriages, various affairs and his time in Cuba. His last wife bought a home outside the downtown so they could live there without the constant bar scene and everyt
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02/28/2016
The locals call it winter but the heat was intense. And then there was the humidity. Air conditioning even in the good hotels in unreliable. Most folks find their way outdoors and many even sit along the walls of the Malicon, the sea. Every night at nine there is a light ceremony and a cannon bla
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02/28/2016
Most of us know something about the Castro brothers. Less known are the folks who are really concerned about their communities and do extraordinary things to help those who have no one to care for or speak for them. Such is the case with a simple man in his family home. OK, here we go. I visited
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02/28/2016
It is unmistakable: cars of every ilk and age running on the streets and parked on lots and in driveways. I expected these cars and they are plentiful but there are old Russian cars too and newer foreign cars from all over Asia. The buses, and there are many, are from China.Viva la difference.....
02/27/2016
Cuba may be known for so many many things, but none more than the old cars that are seen everywhere. The people have not had assess to parts in more than sixty years and have used their skills and creativity to keep them going. In actuality, few Cubans can afford to own a car and even more can ev
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02/27/2016
Steve and Jan Bachman are wonderful animal supporters and kindred spirits when it comes to Rescue. Their dogs, and mine, along with all we have loved and lost have taught us about goodness and laughter in a way we would never have known otherwise. Do yourseld a favor and save a life and enhance y
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02/27/2016
It is a conundrum frozen in time with poverty, anger and hope. The Revolution of 1959 is everywhere and yet the young have little historical perspective. There is beauty and there is filth in the streets. People are hopeful and yet hopeless as well. Wages are so low it is impossible to imagine li
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02/27/2016
I am at the airport. It has been a very long day. I had an early flight from Cuba, that was delayed hours and I really didn't care because my flight home via JFK wasn't leaving until almost 8PM tonight. I decided to upgrade to first class because I knew I would be at this airport for hours, and
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02/26/2016
