Odds and Ends
This post, I hope, will give you a better insight to the Cuba outsiders just don’t see or know. This…
April 2015
Iris Jazz Club
Music: breathing of statues. Perhaps Silence of paintings. You language where all language ends. You time standing vertically On the…
Outer Harmony
In December of 2010, the city of Santiago de Cuba held its first Rene Valdes Cedeño Public Sculpture Symposium. Sponsored…
Nature
This piece, titled Nature, is by Juan Quintanilla. In December of 2010, the city of Santiago de Cuba held its…
Santiago de Cuba
It is April 2015 and I have returned to Cuba. This time I am traveling with a Cuban national, one…
Santiago de Cuba – El Morro
Strategically located on a cliff top, the structure, Castillo de San Pedro del Morro, took 62 years to build and…
Saint Ifigenia Cemetery – Santiago de Cuba
Created in 1868 to accommodate the victims of the War of Independence and a simultaneous yellow-fever outbreak, the Santa Ifigenia…
El Cobre – Santiago de Cuba
This is El Cobre, a church with a colorful history and a stunning interior. Built in 1926, El Cobre lies…
El Cobre for the View
Once you leave the Cathedral in El Cobre, and if you are willing to walk 400 steps, be certain to…
Guantanamo
April 2015 I have come to Guantánamo to visit my friends family. This post is really just a walking tour…
Felix Baez Sarrias and Jennifer Reyes Chavez
Jennifer Reyes Chavez is a very very bright young 9 year old from Cuba. When this article appeared in the…