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Podcast reading of chapters 1 and 2 from my new novel

Links to information about my current low-cost textbooks on business law and immigration law

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Free non-fiction book previews (Kindle)

Free book previews (Kindle)

Hire Lernin’ now free for Amazon Kindle Unlimited members

For the next three months, my recently published novel is available exclusively through Amazon, and the Kindle version is free of charge for all Kindle Unlimited members. Clicking on the cover will open the Look Inside feature for a preview. As always, I am grateful for your support and hope you will check it out by clicking here.

Unsung Heroes #6: Lita 1929-2018 (Mom)

You were born five years before the beginning of the Spanish civil war and lived in a
Modest two-story home in the lower street of Fontan, facing the ocean that gifted you its
Wealth and beauty and robbed you of your beloved and noblest eldest brother, Juan,
Who was killed while working as a fisherman out to sea at the tender age of 19.

You were a little girl much prone to crying. The neighbors would make you cry just by Saying,
“Chora, neniña, chora” [Cry little girl, cry] which instantly pr...

Requiem for Mom (Lita 1929 – 2018)

You were only seven when you went blind,
But could see again in less than two years,
Two years later you were seeking to find,
Full time work to help your mom ease her fears.

Eight brothers and sisters home, and dad dead,
From fascists’ caresses in dark, dank cells,
You rolled up your sleeves without tears or dread,
Worked full time packing fish and working wells.

At sixteen you left for a foreign shore,
Worked hard, learned to read, saved all that you could,
To pay mom’s passage and two brothers ...

September 20 – Happy Birthday in Heaven, Mom

Happy Birthday, mom
You and dad now in heaven
I miss you so much

You can see me now
Remember me once again
I hope not my pain

Miss our daily chats
More so our time together
And your warm embrace

Time passed so quickly
Joy a bright flash in the night
Now dark grief remains

May God rest your soul,
And dad’s, always by your side
Nestled in God’s love

Link to YouTube reading of the front matter and first two chapters of my novel (50 minutes)

Love and the Fool (free verse poem)

Here is another poem from my most recent book of poetry. Of all the forces in the universe, none is more powerful than love in both its ability to uplift and downcast, to create and to destroy — sometimes all at once, alas.