tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post4159874266123563081..comments2024-01-24T11:41:28.022+00:00Comments on A Cuban In London: Sunday Mornings: Coffee, Reflections and MusicA Cuban In Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-18607237915108097972009-11-12T20:02:05.672+00:002009-11-12T20:02:05.672+00:00Piel sensible.
Love expressed through coarsened sk...Piel sensible.<br />Love expressed through coarsened skin.<br />Sabiduría.Judith Mercadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13739476600999112092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-48749687829831831612009-09-25T14:26:01.512+01:002009-09-25T14:26:01.512+01:00Many thanks, diva. It's nice to have you back....Many thanks, diva. It's nice to have you back.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-53887617503436408682009-09-24T13:27:52.075+01:002009-09-24T13:27:52.075+01:00One of the things I missed most (from my blog brea...One of the things I missed most (from my blog break) was reading your writing.<br /><br />This piece resonates.<br /><br />Simply beautiful.High Desert Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06612606483622054573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-58650738671131187812009-09-24T12:05:22.922+01:002009-09-24T12:05:22.922+01:00Many thanks, muchas gracias, for your kind feedbac...Many thanks, muchas gracias, for your kind feedback.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-12415226947561919612009-09-24T08:01:46.669+01:002009-09-24T08:01:46.669+01:00Cuban, chama, apretaste! Me has dejado llorando po...Cuban, chama, apretaste! Me has dejado llorando por anticipacion. Tu abuela es casi el retrato de la mia. Mi viejuca aun esta viva pero tiene 81. Sobrevio al cancer de tiroides hace mas de 20 y también a la muerte de su amadisimo hijo menor a causa de un cancer. Como a la tuya, eso nos la mato en vida. Con eso de leer mensajes que nos traen en la distancia esa clase de noticias también tengo amargas experiencias en este exilio de terciopelo. Debe ser por lo que pone Tony aqui arriba sobre el olvido que yo siento tan cerca de mi a los que ya no estan... Gracias por compartir estas memorias. Abrazo.Chez Isabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08240993869309364892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-63896858779580991232009-09-24T01:47:39.237+01:002009-09-24T01:47:39.237+01:00Mi abuela sigue en la Habana Cuban,
pero ya víctim...Mi abuela sigue en la Habana Cuban,<br />pero ya víctima del alzheimer, lo último coherente que me dijo fue, "mira a luna, que yo la estoy mirando".<br />Aquello lo recuerdo siempre, como olvidarlo si es que la única muerte que existe es la del olvido. <br />Un abrazo de tu brother tonyGeNeRaCiOn AsErEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068497397137264695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-75144233043697672802009-09-24T01:07:05.572+01:002009-09-24T01:07:05.572+01:00Dear Cuban,
I connect to the story from the very b...Dear Cuban,<br />I connect to the story from the very beginning. I have a special grandma too, who taught me how to dance when I was just a child. Every time my grandma felt that I was a little sad or felling down, she would put the music on and she would dance with me. Remedio santo! <br /><br />Saludos,<br /><br />MaylinGeNeRaCiOn AsErEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068497397137264695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-53072537326104560982009-09-23T18:10:11.296+01:002009-09-23T18:10:11.296+01:00I so loved reading this, dear Cuban...wow...oh yes...I so loved reading this, dear Cuban...wow...oh yes your grandma was indeed a warrior and a beautiful and grand lady!<br />thank you for sharing something so personal...<br />a big hug to youMy Castle in Spainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14572760890022593531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-78157127431069964222009-09-23T07:15:14.326+01:002009-09-23T07:15:14.326+01:00Sometimes the most touching stories are the ones w...Sometimes the most touching stories are the ones we lived. Thank you for sharing!Jeannette StGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951617490107614687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-3954705967601014982009-09-22T16:41:39.095+01:002009-09-22T16:41:39.095+01:00So beautiful and deeply moving my brother,
There ...So beautiful and deeply moving my brother,<br /><br />There is something profound in touch which can never be understood by the noise of our world...<br /><br />We need to rediscover its power... To return to the home of our Grandmothers embrace.<br /><br />Peace and love to you my friend, my brother.<br /><br />MMaithrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17039947095595430108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-44002693899694884372009-09-22T14:09:31.852+01:002009-09-22T14:09:31.852+01:00Many thanks to you all for your kind words.
Fly G...Many thanks to you all for your kind words.<br /><br />Fly Girl, the Yoruba spoken chiefly in Cuba, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Colombia was the one passed down from generation to generation orally in West Africa, mainly in Nigeria and Benin. That was before the Brits colonised Nigeria and Yoruba adopted its modern form.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-14478672003980133292009-09-22T14:02:30.299+01:002009-09-22T14:02:30.299+01:00Some fascinating pages of family history there, wh...Some fascinating pages of family history there, which you have wonderfully brought to life, a quite fabulous read.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-583094147254990952009-09-22T06:19:57.606+01:002009-09-22T06:19:57.606+01:00Hello londoner, I wanted to congratulate you for y...Hello londoner, I wanted to congratulate you for you beautifull text, I like a lot how you talk about your mother, I feel kind of identified, maybe becasue I am a latin person as well. But anyway the text it is excelent, is really nice to be read.<br /><br />Thanks<br />MMariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-45886462666260001452009-09-22T04:32:26.749+01:002009-09-22T04:32:26.749+01:00what a lovely well crafted piece of writing... I l...what a lovely well crafted piece of writing... I love the way the hands are woven throughout shaping the whole piece... my grandmother was initially a servant too, and then during the war she worked at the Woolwich Arsenal munitions factory making bombs and weapons for war... her hands tell a story too... greetings from Mexico...Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06255193476024745869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-35754320087699784472009-09-21T21:43:38.238+01:002009-09-21T21:43:38.238+01:00What a story !! My english is not "strong&quo...What a story !! My english is not "strong" enough to explain to you how I find your words... familiar - in an other part of the world I grex up with similar facts in my family... With a grandma with rough hands and another grandma who was a fortune teller... I think you are fine now !;)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10198474232412386854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-91886578262534551452009-09-21T21:11:53.613+01:002009-09-21T21:11:53.613+01:00You write beautifully. Thank goodness for the swee...You write beautifully. Thank goodness for the sweet memories left behind by our loved ones. Also, thank you for your kind words. Hope you will visit me again soon.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08449610651801811537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-72023957816061412172009-09-21T17:25:07.049+01:002009-09-21T17:25:07.049+01:00I can not help but think of my Russian Grandmother...I can not help but think of my Russian Grandmother, how can it be that she was so like your Grandma? A healer also. Broad hands too, I wear her wedding band, way too large, guard it from falling off with my own band. Hers is for my good luck. Perfect piece, my friend..and the music too...Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985979258848310351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-3554870623449309822009-09-21T17:17:46.317+01:002009-09-21T17:17:46.317+01:00Que lindo, como me as tocado el corazon.Que lindo, como me as tocado el corazon.Yolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068063513978782703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-86781957597007947232009-09-21T15:53:17.524+01:002009-09-21T15:53:17.524+01:00This brought tears to my eyes. I love Bill Withers...This brought tears to my eyes. I love Bill Withers and this post. I was also very close to my grandmother. I'll always miss her presence although she makes herself known whenever I do something that she strongly disapproves of, but that's another story. I didn't know that Yoruba was still spoken in Cuba. I know Yoruba rituals and customs remain strong. I will go see Alex Cuba next week. He has so many Santeria songs on his CD that I can't always listen, the energy is so strong. He even has an image of his elekes (Eleugga) on the back of his CD.Fly Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191335990973494972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-68249994483168256992009-09-21T14:10:43.646+01:002009-09-21T14:10:43.646+01:00What a lovely and touching tribute...and walk down...What a lovely and touching tribute...and walk down your family memory lanes.JennyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594526663480442855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-32441955264321213272009-09-21T13:06:33.588+01:002009-09-21T13:06:33.588+01:00Many thanks for your kind comments. Jen, the ritua...Many thanks for your kind comments. Jen, the ritual did not stop the pain but my grandma's caresses did. Sometimes it's the best medicine is love and affection. The secret language was Yoruba, which is rather spoken by milliosn across the African diaspora. In Cuba we have been influenced greatly by the Yorubas, the Bantus, the Ewes and the Efik and Efok peoples.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-64199749936057478672009-09-21T12:49:07.749+01:002009-09-21T12:49:07.749+01:00Beautiful connections between your grandmother, th...Beautiful connections between your grandmother, the history and healing. Thanks you so much for telling me about Eleggua and sharing that connection too. <br />So interesting that he(?) too was a healer.<br />Happy International Peace Day!shayndelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13506811690843992800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-65858730038107572132009-09-21T11:37:38.947+01:002009-09-21T11:37:38.947+01:00What a touching story. So glad I discovered your b...What a touching story. So glad I discovered your blog! <br />I read the story with a pang of jealousy because I never had a grandmother to comfort me. <br />The music brought tears to my eyes...Jeannettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627904904838991862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-24843849657802580102009-09-21T07:49:06.252+01:002009-09-21T07:49:06.252+01:00What a beautiful homage to this great lady. Thank ...What a beautiful homage to this great lady. Thank you.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-5086513525709994382009-09-21T02:24:34.567+01:002009-09-21T02:24:34.567+01:00And was the language the man spoke an African lang...And was the language the man spoke an African language, or a "secret" or ritual language?Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10634638112433848876noreply@blogger.com