Jose Humphreys

Maarten Van der Weijden (wish I could pronounce it just as well as it’s spelled) of the Netherlands won gold in the swimming marathon at the Olympic games in Beijing. He fought Leukemia for a couple of years, makes a great recovery, goes back to training then wins gold. MOst people who [...]

The NY Times recently interviewed Michael Phelps mom, (Phelps is a swimming phenom, and record-breaking, multi-gold medalist in case you’ve been at the beach all Summer). His mom talked about how his teachers underestimated him and pretty much thought he would amount to little…He was also diagnosed with ADHD. Go figure.
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Dialogues with Silence is a book of prayers and drawings by Thomas Merton. I read the prayer below after dealing with some crankiness and disorientation this morning and it helped to settle me.
The way You have laid open before me is an easy way, compared with the hard way of my own will [...]

If you’re in NYC and want to catch a Broadway play, well, In the Heights is the way to go. Besides winning 4 Tony awards it depicts the whole experience of the Barrio in Washington Heights in a way that was true to culture. Mayra and I had caught it on Valentine’s Day [...]

This was a post from my sister Rosalind’s blog:
Spanish coffee lovers usually do not tolerate natas. Our coffees are not lattes. They resemble an espresso but have a distinct flavor, aroma and taste. The boiled (not steamed) milk is a big contributor. If you serve coffee with natas, most Hispanics will get [...]