THE CUBAN DIARY… WHERE THE REVOLUCIÓN STARTED!
The Foreign Correspondent and her Mother
WHERE THE REVOLUCIÓN STARTED!
The Comandancia in the Sierra Maestra, near Bayamo
THE CUBAN DIARY… LEAVING CUBA
NOTEBOOK ~ LEAVING CUBA
As I leave Cuba, I think about these past few weeks and how amazing they have been. I think about all the dives we went on, the two wreck dives and seeing the ships loom out of the darkness perched on their underwater precipice. Horseback riding through fields of tobacco, trotting on the red muddy cart track, surrounded by cliffs of a reddish hue. Lounging in the sun on the white beaches of Varadero by the sparkling turquoise water. Walking through the sweltering streets of Havana, marveling at the crumbling façade on colonial buildings. The plane wheels are spinning faster and faster as we speed down the runway, the nose of the plane tips up and I sit with my body pressed against the seat, the seatbelt tight in my lap. We’re in the air flying at incredible speed, to me this is as normal as walking, I was flying soon after I could walk and then I learned to swim. I look down on the ocean and see the green spit of land that is Cuba recede from view and blue gradually became the only color in sight.
Ula Grace
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TedBook’s Foreign Correspondent, is on her way home, her mind filled with stories to tell. She sends this dispatch as her plane takes off heading north. More to come…
Ula’s earlier stories are here…
Weekly Photo Challenge: SELFIE
To join in, here is the prompt for the week:
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/02/07/weekly-photo-challenge-selfie/
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I just noticed… this is my 200th Post on WordPress…
I also have a PhotoBlog… TedBook’s DAILY PICS Although it has not been to ‘daily’ of late… I hope to get back on a daily basis soon…
THE CUBAN DIARY… AUTHOR PHOTO
Foreign Correspondent Ula Grace
Finally news from Cuba! TedBook’s Foreign Correspondent and Travel Editor, following in the footsteps of another author that spent time in Cuba and liked cats, here Ula is trying out Cuba’s most famous export. We anxiously await her next post.
Guest Photographer… Krista Strutz
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Ula’s earlier stories are here…
Friday Fictioneers: THIS OLD HOUSE
THIS OLD HOUSE… a Drabble for Fri Fic
“Peter, get in here! This Old House is on, and they’re showing how to do siding.” The screen door banged shut.
The last thing Peter wanted to do was do siding. Maybe if he stalled they would be done doing siding by the time he got in the house.
“I know what you’re doing, I’m taping it.”
‘Shit! Time for Plan B’.
“Well, that doesn’t look too hard, maybe Jerry can help me.”
“No, Jerry can’t help you. Remember the antenna?”
“We had a little trouble.”
“You two were drunk!
‘Shit, Plan C.’ “Maybe you can help me.”
“Okay.”
‘Shit!’
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This week’s Friday Fictioneers photo prompt courtesy of Dawn M. Miller. “Write a one hundred word story that has a beginning, middle and end.”
The Ending is here!
One of my favorite Canadian writers is writing a novel! Check it out, and tell her I sent you! Ted
My dear readers, today I’m writing a different kind of post.
I have just launched a Kickstarter campaign to help me raise the money to finish writing my novel, The Ending. Those of you who have been following my blog for a while may have already met some of the characters. For everyone else, I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the four main characters in my novel:
You can also find a link to an excerpt from the book on my Kickstarter page.
There are some cool perks for the people who contribute, including an acknowledgment on my blog (and in the book when it’s published), a copy of one of my other books (both of which you can find here), a special, limited edition hard copy of the four character sketches above, and a chance to immortalize…
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