Author Archives: happycontessa

Well, well…I did not want to talk about this but…It is a jungle down here.  First I dealt with some unwanted visitors that will show up after I had gone to bed, and I will surprise them if I went into the kitchen for water…and oh man, there they were. I fixed those ones allContinue reading “He Tarzan…Me Jane…”

While watching one of my Novelas, one of the characters said to her soon-to-be husband, “when everything goes back to normal….”  This phrase made me think that things are always normal, because it is what we are going through at that moment in particular. If we compare one moment to another, that will bring aContinue reading “…And everything will be back to normal…”

Since I moved here, around two months and so ago, I have been dreading doing my laundry, but it is a weekly ceremony that must be done. Today, for the first time I had to go to the second floor to use the dryer, because the one next to my apartment was perspiring tremendously.  TheContinue reading “Two tablespoons…”

I was reading a posting on Facebook yesterday whereby one person was making a comment about how his ideological friends that belong to the party other than his should feel bad for their ideological preference. It made me feel very sad for this person, because I thought that to distill so much anger and sarcasm,Continue reading “Celebrating the goodness and differences in all of us…”

This blog is really a conversation with all of my friends, but most important, it is a recorded diary of some sort for my daughter, so she can understand the hows and whys of who I am. We very seldom have deep conversations with our children.  We mostly talk about problems, about issues they or we are facing,Continue reading “What this blog is really all about…my footprints during my journey…”

I was going through some of the many lists I have been making for a long while already. To my surprise, most of the things on the list of “Things to Do” I realized I have accomplished.  This always happens. In my “Dreams” list (remember I do not like the name of a “bucket” list),Continue reading “The power of making lists…even the “My dreams” list”

Today, during the process of doing my mundane chores, I stopped at a red light.  There I pondered about the pesky little cameras waiting to suck it to a careless driver and to the ones that are careful also. We live in a society where the state derives pleasure from setting up its citizens forContinue reading “Thanks God for the arts…and beautiful things…”

Just yesterday I learned something that has left me surprised and disappointed, but really, after the initial shock, I am back to being my old self. I have been training myself not to let anything, too good or too bad to surprise me or shock me.  After six + decades, what gives. I learned, thanksContinue reading “Bag with a lot of surprises…who can you trust anymore…”

Today the element of magic has been eluding me all day.  This is the corner of my residence where my neurons meet the keyboard and the brewing of words takes place on a daily basis. It is a very special corner.  I feel I am surrounded by the muses that maybe have been knocking on myContinue reading “Where the magic happens…or maybe not…”

It has happened again…the pleasure of an unexpected visitor. What do you think it is…the water or just the alluring Florida name.  This time is my baby sister.  I am nine years older than she is and she is visiting from the Dominican Republic.  Do we have a lot to catch up.  And in Spanish! ButContinue reading “Another visitor from out of town…entertaining is my new way of life…”