Me encanta el idioma español, y por eso fui a universidad para ganar mi licenciado y mi maestría en español. Viví en Paraguay, y en Mexico, y desde mi niñez, he tenido muchas oportunidades de escuchar y usar el idioma español. Me gustaría conocer otro gente de habla español tambien. Soy traductor, profesor privado de español, escritor. Read Full Story

Para la gente de habla inglés, hay un nuevo sistema de acentos ortográficos que no se encuentra en el idioma inglés. No es dificil entender, y con la práctica, se puede escribir de una manera muy bien. Hay muchos hispanohablantes que omiten los acentos ortográficos en los lugares, o sea, las sílabas de las palabras que requieren los acentos escritos. Todas las palabras tienen acento. Unas lo llevan escrito y otras no. Read Full Story

Mom and dad always told me, “this is the day.” They told me this to give me a sense of comfort, and trust, the the workings of something higher than myself. My parents were always God-loving, and God-fearing. They always looked up and gave gratitude. They were always positive. Even now, mom keeps a positive outlook on everything. She only sees the good, and as a result of that attitude and perspective on life, she always has what she needs, wants, and is healthy and happy. She is ... Read Full Story

Here I am, praising this glorious autumn day in my community of Tallahassee, Florida. Today, I accomplished the work of gardening, online writings, blog updating, participating in a conference, and taking ample time during and between these activities to send and receive text messages from my i335 Boost Mobile phone. Texting is valuable to me, and my favorite part of using a cell phone. Read Full Story

There is a hymn that starts out like this: “A grateful heart a garden is, where there is always room for every lovely Godlike grace to come to perfect bloom.” CS Hymnal. This morning, early, as I went into my backyard vegetable garden, outside of Tallahassee, Florida, I thought about the words of that spiritual song. I had a big, grateful heart. My heart was filled with gratitud for the beauty, and productivity of my garden, which has been blessing us with an abundant crop of pu... Read Full Story

¿Qué tienes mi hijo? What is the matter my son? ¡Tengo frio! I am cold! ¡Tengo calor! I am hot! ¡Tengo hambre! I am hungry! ¡Tengo sed! I am thirsty! ¡Tengo miedo! I am scared! ¡Tengo sueño! I am sleepy! ¡Tengo suerte! I am lucky! ¡Tengo prisa! I am in a hurry! ¿Tienes frio? Are you cold? No, no tengo frio. ¡Tengo hambre! No, I am not cold. I am hungry! Read Full Story

I have been thinking about the word, “universe.” The “uni” part of that word inspires me. One universe only. Not two, or more. One verse provided. Therefore, universe inspires me with the idea of one Creator with one message. The message is in the universe. I have been contemplating what is that one verse in universe. Read Full Story

Yes, I teach a bunch of unteachable, unruly, discourteous middle school students in a Tallahassee, Leon County middle school. Those in my class who want to learn Spanish, can’t learn because of the disruptive ones which are about 90% of the classes I teach. You see, I have been all around the world, South American countries, Mexico, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, and other regions of the United States, and never have I seen or experienced what I am experiencing at a Spanish teacher in T... Read Full Story

I came to Tallahassee in 1994 to work in my Master’s degree in Spanish, at Florida State University. I did not expect to stay on after I graduated, but I did, my wife, son and I. We soon felt comfortable in this city of many trees, parks, and friendly people. Read Full Story

I worked for about a year at an established pest control company in Tallahassee, called Florida Pest Control. I did a lot of tapping on peoples’ baseboards with the objective of inspecting for evidence of termites. We used a long screwdriver and tapped in all the rooms. Tap, tap, tap. Yes, I woke up sleeping household members, and babies and irritated dogs and cats. The interesting thing about this, is that there is an electronic device on the market that more effectively sounds out wh... Read Full Story