Author Archives: Verla Viera

Moving back to New Mexico has brought me back to a part of my childhood. I grew up in a large farmhouse about seven miles outside of town. After turning off the highway, we were about two miles down a … Continue reading →

And I mean that sincerely. Sometimes, if an etymology seems too good to be true, it is. I’ve written on this blog before about false etymologies, and about how I read Palabra del Día (PdD), the Word of the Day … Continue reading →

Well, new-ish. Three years ago, when we moved back to New Mexico and I retired, I did wonder what exactly I was going to do with myself once we got settled in. I spent the first many months unpacking, configuring, … Continue reading →

In the DistanceBy Hernan Diazpub. 2017 “A Book I Liked” is a deliberate understatement. In the Distance, roughly speaking, is about a man, Håkan, who immigrates to America from Sweden, intending to go to New York. Instead, he ends up … Continue reading →

Many years ago, I began listening to podcasts with headphones to help me go to sleep. It’s always talk, not music I want. Listening to that talk keeps my brain from focusing on whatever’s worrying or obsessing me at the … Continue reading →