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Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Dr. Catherine Bishop's new book "The World We Want" chronicles a special educational program from the Cold War era with high school students around the world

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Last Friday's launch of Dr. Catherine Bishop's book "The World We Want" at The Debs Center of the American University of B...
Monday, September 23, 2024

More notes on language learning

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  Fitting rooms rendered in Spanish in Bogotá, Colombia On May 11, 2013, I wrote a post on language learning which you can find at https://l...

Some subtle ways that Spanish differs from English

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  Over more than 40 years, I have learned many subtleties to Spanish. It is true of Spanish, as it is of learning the guitar, that it's ...
Sunday, August 13, 2023

Photos from trip to Colombia in May-June 2023!

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My wife and I were exceedingly blessed to spend a month in Colombia in May and June of 2023, after our 2022 trip was hampered by COVID and o...
Thursday, May 18, 2023

Colombian Andes: Eastern Cordillera from Bogotá to Choachí (2022)

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On my last trip to Colombia in June-July 2022, I wanted to see the road between Bogotá and a town to the east named Choachí. (For those of y...
Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Attractions in Bogotá and vicinity

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  View of the Magdalena River valley from La Piedra Capira, near Guaduas This is a quick list of attractions accessible in the vicinity of B...
Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Chocolate Art and Crafts in Philadelphia

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Chocolate Art and Crafts owner Eva Hernández (right) with her sister Perla (left) and Raíces Culturales Co-Founder Yolanda Alcorta   One of ...