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Argentine Poet Jorge Luís Borges
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Mujer en azul
Mujer en azul
No, no tiene nada que ver con la famosa pintura de Pablo Picasso del mismo nombre. Pero me gusta el título. Anteriormente Olena tenía su…
alexwh
Feb 5, 2020
Kept Firm and in Contact With the Floor
Kept Firm and in Contact With the Floor
Procuro que mis pies se conserven firmes y en contacto con el piso.
alexwh
Jan 29, 2020
Venecia — 2019
Venecia — 2019
El año pasado mi Rosemary y yo fuimos a Venecia. Hoy en día ir a un lugar tan popular dificulta la idea de catalogar una impresión…
alexwh
Jan 18, 2020
Las sorpresas sencillas
Las sorpresas sencillas
Julio Cortázar: “Sonreía sin sorpresa, convencida como yo de que un encuentro casual era lo menos casual en nuestras vidas”.
alexwh
Nov 7, 2019
This memory is made, in great part, of oblivion.
This memory is made, in great part, of oblivion.
La memoria es individual.
alexwh
Jul 25, 2019
Las palmeras salvajes
Las palmeras salvajes
En mi ciudad adoptiva de Vancouver pocas palmeras pueden sobrevivir el clima frío aunque sea algo templado (por una corriente cálida que…
alexwh
Oct 5, 2018
Buenos Aires — la ciudad junto al río inmovil
Buenos Aires — la ciudad junto al río inmovil
For reasons that I will explain in a further blog our last night in Buenos Aires was spent in the Hotel Lancaster on Córdoba corner with…
alexwh
Oct 2, 2018
The Death of a Cat
The Death of a Cat
A Vacuum, a Presence — Catness
alexwh
Sep 1, 2018
Deficiencies into Virtues
Deficiencies into Virtues
My life in this 21st century brings me some surprises that I could never have predicted in that past century that made me.
alexwh
Jul 26, 2018
Pink — Small & Punctual — la rosa inalcanzable
Pink — Small & Punctual — la rosa inalcanzable
Emily Dickinson & Jorge Luís Borges
alexwh
Jul 20, 2018
Los Restos de Art Nuko en su Próxima Necrópolis
Los Restos de Art Nuko en su Próxima Necrópolis
En México un cementerio es un panteón. En mi Buenos Aires es un cementerio y para mí prefiero la interesante necrópolis.
alexwh
Jul 5, 2018
Umbilicus Botanicus y Jorge Luís Borges
Umbilicus Botanicus y Jorge Luís Borges
This is not the first time that I have dedicated a blog to the navel. I did that here.
alexwh
May 2, 2018
Carl Chaplin — Nuclear Oblivion in Vancouver
Carl Chaplin — Nuclear Oblivion in Vancouver
In the story below I have been afraid to ask artist Carl Chaplin about Trump and the US relations with North Korea.
alexwh
Apr 2, 2018
El Balam de Borges
El Balam de Borges
The jaguar (Panthera onca), is a wild cat species and the only extant member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas. The jaguar’s…
alexwh
Apr 1, 2018
Una Perla Para Jorge Luís Borges
Una Perla Para Jorge Luís Borges
Hace muchos años (1980) una recepcionista en la revista Vancouver Magazine me pidió directamente que quería que la fotografiara en desnudo…
alexwh
Dec 5, 2017
Billy the Kid, Bill Harrigan & Jorge Luís Borges
Billy the Kid, Bill Harrigan & Jorge Luís Borges
In the summer of 2011 my wife Rosemary, our two granddaughters and I decided to drive our Chevrolet Malibu to south Texas. This meant that…
alexwh
Nov 17, 2017
of a place bounded like a dream
of a place bounded like a dream
Both my mother and my grandmother were snobs. I was raised to be one and I will not deny it.
alexwh
Oct 27, 2017
Rain
Rain
Of rain, that constant awareness of its existence is something that made me reflect as I was sitting in our parked Chevrolet Cruz. I was in…
alexwh
Oct 10, 2017
Suicide — My Statistical Anomaly?
Suicide — My Statistical Anomaly?
“En cualquier momento el tiempo me suicida”, Jorge Luís Borges.
alexwh
Sep 13, 2017
While the Greek Music Lasts
While the Greek Music Lasts
I have written before here on the idea of associating the beautiful face of a woman with that of Helen of Troy. Now there is this haunting…
alexwh
Jun 25, 2017
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