My students have kindly introduced me to the very best of Spanish pop music. I’ve sifted through about fifty or so of their recommendations and here are a few of my favs. (All are strictly from Spain.) Amaral One of the best-selling pop rock Spanish groups. In “Son Mis Amigos” (These are My Friends) she […]
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Translating music: a note about learning new things
I unintentionally joined a jazz group with a few other teachers at my school. I play the guitar. We practice on Wednesdays. Here is an example of how practice goes: We’re playing some Duke Ellington piece to which I lost my last page of music and I don’t know the last chord. I play the […]
Survival tactics: how to spend the night at the airport (specifically the DFW airport)
I’ve gotten pretty close to spending the night in airports, and bus stations for that matter. But a few weeks ago it actually happened. I was trying to catch a standby flight from the Dallas Fort Worth airport to Kansas City. Everything was booked, booked, and overbooked. Earliest morning flight: 7AM. By the time I […]
This isn’t culture shock… America is just weird
Guess where I am? Not in Madrid. Not even in Europe. I’m home, in Kansas. (Just for a few weeks. I’ll be heading back to Spain next week.) And everyday since I’ve been back I’ve asked myself: am I the weird one? Or is it the U.S. (more specifically Kansas)? Well, today was a point […]
True life: I live in a closet
When I was eight or nine—I’m sure my mom can attest to this—I was determined to have a walk-in closet. What I actually had was one of those closets with folding doors. Ew, I know. All of my friends had walk-in closets. Some of them even had their own bathrooms! What injustice! Life is so […]
Life is like a road trip
A few weeks ago a few friends and I took a road trip. Without a road map. This was partly because of lack of planning and partly because of stinginess. You probably think this is some story about how our trip was a disaster and maps are important, and you should take them with you. […]
My attempt at photography: Madrid metro
Vincent Van Gogh said: If you hear a voice within you saying, “You are not a painter,” then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. This quote inspired my brief venture into photography which I am featuring in this post! But, disclaimer: just because the voices are silenced doesn’t mean the photos […]
Anne Foster 