No fueron los cristales ni los muros

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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No fueron los muros ni los ventanales, ni tampoco los recintos, los jardines, los escondrijos, las fuentes y los rincones, lo que embellecieron e hicieron nuestra casa solariega; simplemente, el hogar irrepetible, bello e inolvidable que compartimos, un día y muchos más, lo formaron el entorno familiar, el amor entre unos y otros, el ambiente de paz y de respeto. No fue la biblioteca, pletórica de libros y documentos, la única fuente que nos dio la sabiduría; sencillamente, a las lecturas cotidianas, al conocimiento impreso en las páginas, se sumaron los consejos, el buen ejemplo, los ideales, los sentimientos, la razón, la experiencia y los valores. No fue el enorme jardín, con sus árboles corpulentos, sus plantas y sus flores de exquisitos perfumes y texturas -bellas expresiones de la creación-, lo que nos hizo experimentar la cercanía con el…

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‘In Some Universe,’ Draft 1, of Poetry as Mental Health Care?

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

      Ok, I know that I said I would not write any more poems until I had:

  1. Found someone under 50 (or planning to live another 40 years) committed to Project Do Better, and
  2. published my first novel (that was intended to be #WhoByFire, but may now be a less complicated novel that my sub-plotting skills are already up to),

but this one hit me at 3 am and refused to let me rest, as I smacked myself in the head wondering how I had managed to miss this obvious point, given my fascination with Asimov’s work back in the early 90’s (from my previous lifetime as a woman in math/computer science), and my interest in the mathematical proofs for the multiverse.

    This poem, like all initial drafts of poetry, needs some edits, but I do not have the energy to do the necessary editing…

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The Racial Element of Trump’s Attacks on His Prosecutors – The Bulwark

Indictment season is officially underway and Donald Trump’s legal Houdini act is closing after a fifty-year run. Yes, he’s making history. But let’s focus for just a moment on the prosecutors leading the investigations that may finally hold him to account. Who they are, and the disturbing nature of Trump’s…
— Read on www.thebulwark.com/the-racial-element-of-trumps-attacks-on-his-prosecutors/

Alvin Bragg sues Rep. Jim Jordan over Trump indictment inquiry – Los Angeles Times

Manhattan Dist. Atty. Alvin Bragg filed a federal lawsuit against Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday, accusing the Ohio Republican of a “transparent campaign to intimidate and attack” him over his prosecution of former President Trump.

Bragg, a Democrat, is asking a judge to invalidate subpoenas that Jordan, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, has issued or plans to issue as part of an investigation of Bragg’s handling of the Trump case.

Source: Alvin Bragg sues Rep. Jim Jordan over Trump indictment inquiry – Los Angeles Times