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26 January 2025 My visa renewal took a step forward this week. I needed a copy of the contract for my health insurance that included the start date for this year and proof of payment for the year. But the company website has been down for weeks. My sales rep is always very helpful. But…

19 January 2025 The big news this week is that my application to continue my student visa has hit some snags. I’m not panicking but it’s been going on a couple weeks and it’s starting to become a “story,” A couple weeks ago, my attorney sent a message that the authorities wanted signed bank statements…

12 January 2025 Monday was Epiphany, the Feast of the Three Kings. That meant almost everything was closed for the day. There were no classes. And after all the activities of the last few weeks, my friend Mike from Denver and I planned a quiet day. The only thing on our agenda was a local…

5 January 2025 Happy New Year and Happy Kings Day! I hope your new year is off to a wonderful start. Mike (my friend visiting from Denver) and I continue to celebrate the holidays and enjoy Valencia. For New Year’s Eve, we started the day with Vicente for Almuerzo. In most of Spain and the…

December 28, 2024 I hope your Christmas and Hanukkah have been as wonderful for you as my Christmas has been here. It’s been wonderful hosting my friend Mike from Denver this past week. My friend Milo (friends since college at Oral Roberts University) arrived from Barcelona on Tuesday, Christmas Eve. We met Rafa for lunch.…

December 21, 2024 Some weeks are better than others and this was a wonderful week. Between a productive week of Spanish classes, a choir concert, getting to know a new friend, hosting an old friend, and getting ready for a full Christmas week, I’m feeling more festive than I have in a while. I alluded…

15 December 2024 It’s finally starting to feel a bit like Christmas. This was a full week of activities. On Wednesday evening this week, I joined my friend Rafael for a night at the opera. Verdi’s Il Trovatore was amazing! The sets, the costumes, and the singing were superb! And of course, all of it…

8 December 2024 I’m still working on getting into the holiday spirit. I found a glass pie pan on Amazon. It arrived last Saturday. As I pulled out all the “fixins” to make a chocolate pecan pie, I realized that I didn’t have a rolling pin. So, after class on Monday, I stopped at the…

1 December 2024 It’s been a good week, filled with art, love and community. Last Sunday, I went to Les Arts, the opera house for a recital with world renowned baritone Simon Keenlyside. He sang a variety of art songs. That was a delight. And then I went back on Tuesday for a concert with…

24 November, 2024 It’s been a couple weeks since my last post. Thanks to the folks who reached out wondering if everything is okay. I’ve been pretty quiet and keeping to myself. The truth is that my mother taught me, “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” I honestly…