#atozchallenge: F is for Fuster

Bonus F: I'm sending out my next Email Connect newsletter this week, so if you'd like to sign up to be my Follower of the Month this is the time. If you don't know what that means click HERE and all will be revealed. Maybe. 

Also, for those who are always here come #atozChallenge or high water, you know I usually respond to each comment. I just can't do that in April, but I read each one, and as some of you know, if you ask a question, I reply via email. Thanks for understanding about the individual replies. I need to do dishes, wash laundry, take out the garbage etc. in April as well as take on the challenge. 





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This year I traveled to Cuba. You know, it's that little island that's spitting distance from Florida and should not be visited without special dispensation. I wanted to see it before MacDonald's arrived. I'm so glad I did. I learned a lot and I met some wonderful people. It seems they like us. Now there's a change!

I'll add a short T/F quiz to each post the same as I did last year about Burma, and I'll post the answers to the questions the following day. 




Answers to your T/F Quiz for E:
FALSE 1. It isn't now believed that all native indians are extinct in Cuba. Anthropologists are finding evidence of many native words and customs still in use. They're trying to show that the indigenous people still have a presence on the island.
TRUE  2. Cuba's population is largely a mixture of Spanish and African. There are, of course, other ethnic group, but Spain and Africa have a strong presence in Cuba.




F is for Fuster:



This is an example of Cuban ingenuity. A poor neighborhood now has a steady income with tourists from all over the world wanting to see the town that is a mosaic feast for the eye. The artist, José Rodriguez Fuster changed his small wooden home into a never-ending delight of art. My pictures can't do justice to this amazing mosaic experience. Here's a link that gives you a better idea of what entering Fusterlandia is really like. 

The incredible thing is that when his neighbors saw what he was doing and the result, they wanted to be a part of it. So now each house in the area boasts mosaic art.



No Quiz today. Hope you'll take a moment to see the art instead.

Beware the White Rabbit (Anthology: They Call Me Alice), Leap Books, Summer '15
Sliding on the Edge, C. Lee McKenzie, WestSide Books, Spring '09
The Princess of Las Pulgas, WestSide Books, Fall '10
The First Time, Fall '11 (Anthology story: Premeditated Cat)
Alligators Overhead, Outskirts Press, Fall '12
Two and Twenty Dark Tales (Anthology story: Into the Sea of Dew