tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post429959837613843123..comments2024-01-24T11:41:28.022+00:00Comments on A Cuban In London: Pieces of Me, Pieces of HavanaA Cuban In Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-90474438474532743392016-09-25T02:08:38.962+01:002016-09-25T02:08:38.962+01:00Ha-- a lovely post. I'd really like to go the...Ha-- a lovely post. I'd really like to go there-- thanks for the glimpse. k. Outlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698845661756444061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-41606028209971199152016-09-24T22:06:04.011+01:002016-09-24T22:06:04.011+01:00What a beautifully nostalgic piece. I think all of...What a beautifully nostalgic piece. I think all of us who have moved away from the area where we were born and raised can relate to this. We moved away from all of our family and friends back in '71, and after that, we always felt a little like outsiders when we visited. The only thing that had remained the same were our memories. <br /><br />"...I wasn't homesick for anything I would find at home when I returned. The longing was for what I wouldn't find. The past and all the people and places there were lost to me." [Alice Steinbeck]<br /><br />"I think what you notice most when you haven't been home in a while is how much the trees have grown around your memories." [Mitch Albom]Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-75467213700259012202016-09-24T13:57:24.663+01:002016-09-24T13:57:24.663+01:00What amazing images. xxWhat amazing images. xxOther Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189646933597252108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-72244532696441367362016-09-23T16:16:58.165+01:002016-09-23T16:16:58.165+01:00that image of the sheets on the balconies reminds ...that image of the sheets on the balconies reminds me of the some of the hilltop villages in northern ItalyCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-49154119354055303882016-09-23T13:00:08.892+01:002016-09-23T13:00:08.892+01:00The visual image of the old Havanna wiht white she...The visual image of the old Havanna wiht white sheets blowing in the wind is nice and made me sad that I won't experience it. Nice memories. Thanks for taking us back there. sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-17781556079550513962016-09-23T08:09:24.057+01:002016-09-23T08:09:24.057+01:00me encantaría conocer Cuba, me gusta mucho tu form...me encantaría conocer Cuba, me gusta mucho tu forma de escribir. Gracias por tus palabras en mi blog.<br />saludos Pensando en Haiku, Karin Rosenkranzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686057376398723165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-5515241129583025652016-09-23T07:39:50.376+01:002016-09-23T07:39:50.376+01:00Never been to your home country but would very muc...Never been to your home country but would very much like to visit :)NatureFootstephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01340635075481959029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-27870581001290291832016-09-23T05:37:34.249+01:002016-09-23T05:37:34.249+01:00i love your writing
Have to be great also in Spani...i love your writing<br />Have to be great also in SpanishRecomenzarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10374707052626551976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-8206185696323479502016-09-23T05:07:13.936+01:002016-09-23T05:07:13.936+01:00You capture the atmosphere so well! One of the thi...You capture the atmosphere so well! One of the things I like most about southern Europe is that washing still hangs out on streets for all to see!Lady Fihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181866510595193667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-14856687304275595052016-09-23T02:42:06.023+01:002016-09-23T02:42:06.023+01:00Excellent writing. I am glad that there was at lea...Excellent writing. I am glad that there was at least one sheet hanging out there for you to see. In 20 years' time things have changed in most places, not just Havana. It is easier to travel to Cuba these days, so maybe you will go again in a little bit?Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-40335278947577546762016-09-22T17:26:45.222+01:002016-09-22T17:26:45.222+01:00Nunca uno encuentra lo que dejó. Yo cuando vuelvo ...Nunca uno encuentra lo que dejó. Yo cuando vuelvo a mi pueblo me gustaría encontrar las casas viejas que han sido demolidas.<br />Un abrazoMari-Pi-Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661886117860375651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-68265105657371451982016-09-22T09:51:07.146+01:002016-09-22T09:51:07.146+01:00I remember sheets flying proud at windows but I ca...I remember sheets flying proud at windows but I cannot remember which country I was in at the time. Enjoyed reading this. You have evoked a happy memory, thank you. Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099030819314552958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-9461177455793800012016-09-22T09:28:57.315+01:002016-09-22T09:28:57.315+01:00Thank you for this - I didn't note the white s...Thank you for this - I didn't note the white sheets while I was there a couple of years ago, but there was plenty of washing hanging over balconies. And I heard on the news this morning that a big wifi hotspot is planned for the Malecon - it left me wondering if gizmos with internet access (phones and tablets) will be far too expensive for most Cubans, and this is how the government will effectively control internet access for local people while making it possible for rich people and tourists.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-86005962929266310102016-09-22T09:10:52.244+01:002016-09-22T09:10:52.244+01:00Hi ACIL - I'm always amazed by the whiteness o...Hi ACIL - I'm always amazed by the whiteness of the Surpluses worn by religious persons ... especially when I was in Africa - seemed almost incongruous. The sheet story is fascinating ... everyone hung their washing out back in the days ... in the 1920s the St Pancras and Humanist Housing Association developed by the social reformer Jellicoe - had washing lines with finials put up in the housing developments. I saw a tiny exhibit down stairs in the British Library 4 years ago ... fascinated me - hence finials and washing lines! Can see them full of washing on wash day ... Cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-91475294920891358462016-09-22T03:17:44.130+01:002016-09-22T03:17:44.130+01:00How amazing and fascinating! Thank you so much fo...How amazing and fascinating! Thank you so much for sharing this. I love to reminisce about days gone by (fond memories, of course), and since I still live in Montreal, was born here and have lived here all my life, whenever I walk by my old elementary school I am brought right back to my childhood. It is actually still there and still in use, unlike my high school, which although the building is still there, the high school itself closed in 1979, I believe, and I graduated in 1973. The building is now a residential one.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692170857496442623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-17010621001956439572016-09-22T02:33:12.718+01:002016-09-22T02:33:12.718+01:00I went through a phase during which I did not retu...I went through a phase during which I did not return to my hometown for twenty years. There were a few reasons for this, but the primary one was that I knew it was changing, as all things change, and I had loved growing up there so much as a boy that I did not want to see those changes. I wanted my boyhood memories to remain intact.<br /> <br />I have been in Cuba twice, but never to Havana. I would like to see it, even more so when I read your descriptions, CiL .... but I prefer to postpone my journey until the Castro boys have begun one of their own to their eternal reward.<br />Fram Actualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01540773153894050197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-51574579398179619172016-09-22T00:40:23.893+01:002016-09-22T00:40:23.893+01:00Sadly, that saying becomes more and more true for ...Sadly, that saying becomes more and more true for me, the older I get....You can never go home.<br />How lucky you are that so many of those memories are vivid for you.<br />I can't think of much of anything more beautiful that white sheets blowing in the wind on a summer day.livhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091094639074377780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-41489055923981489602016-09-21T22:49:46.547+01:002016-09-21T22:49:46.547+01:00How fascinating. And how sad that it seems the wh...How fascinating. And how sad that it seems the white sheets have gone. What replaces them in your head and heart as Havana's defining trait? Does anything? Can anything?Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-39778215574023888292016-09-21T20:42:32.712+01:002016-09-21T20:42:32.712+01:00It must make you feel nostalgic returning after al...It must make you feel nostalgic returning after all those years. stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-75207145676951612022016-09-21T20:12:38.679+01:002016-09-21T20:12:38.679+01:00Sure captured it all, as you do. That would be awf...Sure captured it all, as you do. That would be awful lugging water up a hill and then having it spill.Pat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.com