Life is good

I am back at work after my sabbatical. What better way to jump back in than a great trip to Tahiti? Beauty all around.

Dickeyville Sunset

Dickeyville is a village in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. 

It is known for a grotto built by a priest in 1929.

Same But Different

I had not really planned to translate my book into French. I was simply going to give my mom a translation of the poems. However, many more family members and friends are not fluent enough in English to understand it, so I decided to do a complete translation and publish it.
I have done my part. I translated it all and created the new jacket. Now I will have someone to copyedit and proofread it for me. Then I will make the last corrections and upload the manuscript for publication.
This turned out to be a very fulfilling task as well and has also kept me writing. Now I am editing and updating a play I had written years ago.

Beauty

Beauty is everywhere around us, from the most grandiose scenery to the smallest detail of a plant. We just have to look.

Le Gwo-Ka

"Musical research show that this instrument can find its roots in the drums and songs of West African countries like Guinea, Congo, etc... From the diverse music and dance of their homelands, the slaves elaborated a communication tool, the creole language, and a new form of art, the Gwo-Ka. This musical genre is characterised by an African composition: repetitive form - improvisation - physical movements linked to the music - a response between a soloist and a choir.

Gwo-ka is also the dance of improvisation by excellence, a dance of the instinct, of the moment. Gwo-ka is the dance of resistance, of resilience and adaptation: the dance of Life".