#hijuelos

[giftideasfromaycaramba]

Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures. Cool Salsa celebrates the tones, rhythms, sounds, and experiences of that double life. Here are poems about families and parties, insults and sad memories, hot dogs and mangos, the sweet syllables of Spanish, and the snag-toothed traps of English. Here is the glory and pain of being Latino American.

[judgingbooksbycovers]

A Simple Habana Melody: A Novel

By Oscar Hijuelos.

[talesofpassingtime]

Then I made the acquaintance of one of the blondes by the pool, and she seemed to have a soft spot for guys like me, and we fell desperately in love for a week. Then ended things badly.

— Oscar Hijuelos, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love 

[cheshirelibrary]

I'm with the Band: Musical Novels

[via GoodReads]

In 2019, author Taylor Jenkins Reid stomped over the fields of publishing like a kaiju with her wildly popular rock and roll novel Daisy Jones & the Six. The long-awaited TV adaptation—just out on Amazon Prime—is expected go kaiju all over again. In honor of this development, we’ve gathered here a spirited and unruly list of novels with a musical heart.

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

The Commitments by Roddy Doyle

Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau

The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex  Jennings

The Ensemble by Aja Gabel

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[jardineriaon]

¿Dónde puedo vender mis plantas?

🌱 ¿Tienes plantas en casa? ¡Transforma tu pasión en ganancias! Descubre dónde vender tus hijuelos y brotes. 💰 #Jardinería #VenderPlantas #Emprenderhttps://www.jardineriaon.com/donde-puedo-vender-mis-plantas.html

[plantsgeoph]

English:

Plant Name: Century Plant

Scientific Name: Agave americana

Origin: Native to Mexico and the southwestern United States.

Description:

The century plant is a large, striking succulent known for its rosette of thick, fleshy, gray-green leaves with sharp, spiny edges. The leaves can grow up to 6 feet long and form a dense, symmetrical shape. Despite its name, the century plant does not take 100 years to bloom; it typically flowers once after 10–30 years, producing a tall flowering spike (up to 30 feet tall) with clusters of yellow flowers. After flowering, the plant dies, but it usually produces offsets (pups) at its base that continue growing.

Care:

• Light: Requires full sun.

• Water: Water sparingly, allowing the soil to dry out between waterings. Very drought-tolerant.

• Temperature: Prefers warm temperatures but can tolerate occasional cold and light frost.

• Soil: Well-draining, sandy or rocky soil.

• Fertilizer: Little to no fertilizer is needed; if desired, a diluted cactus fertilizer can be applied during the growing season.

• Pruning: Minimal pruning is needed, mainly to remove dead leaves or the flowering stalk once it dies back.

Uses:

The century plant is primarily ornamental, used in xeriscaping or as a dramatic focal point in landscapes. It’s also used for erosion control and in traditional Mexican culture for producing pulque, a fermented drink. The fibers from the leaves are used to make ropes, mats, and other goods.

Español:

Nombre de la Planta: Maguey

Nombre Científico: Agave americana

Origen: Originaria de México y del suroeste de los Estados Unidos.

Descripción:

El maguey es una suculenta grande y llamativa, conocida por su roseta de hojas gruesas, carnosas y de color verde grisáceo con bordes afilados y espinosos. Las hojas pueden crecer hasta 1.8 metros de largo y forman una forma densa y simétrica. A pesar de su nombre, la planta no tarda 100 años en florecer; típicamente florece una vez después de 10 a 30 años, produciendo una espiga alta de flores (de hasta 9 metros de altura) con racimos de flores amarillas. Después de florecer, la planta muere, pero generalmente produce retoños (hijuelos) en su base que continúan creciendo.

Cuidados:

• Luz: Requiere pleno sol.

• Riego: Riega con moderación, dejando que el suelo se seque entre riegos. Es muy tolerante a la sequía.

• Temperatura: Prefiere temperaturas cálidas, pero tolera ocasionalmente el frío y heladas ligeras.

• Suelo: Suelo bien drenado, arenoso o rocoso.

• Fertilización: No requiere mucha fertilización; si se desea, se puede aplicar un fertilizante diluido para cactus durante la temporada de crecimiento.

• Poda: Requiere poca poda, principalmente para eliminar hojas muertas o el tallo floral una vez que se seca.

Usos:

El maguey se utiliza principalmente como planta ornamental en paisajes xerófilos o como punto focal dramático en jardines. También se usa para el control de la erosión y, en la cultura tradicional mexicana, para producir pulque, una bebida fermentada. Las fibras de sus hojas se utilizan para hacer cuerdas, esteras y otros productos.

[plants-by-monica-mx]

Con un hijuelo enorme está mi Graptopetalum Superbum Cotton Candy ❤️❤️❤️

#GraptopetalumSuperbumCottonCandy #GraptopetalumSuperbum #Graptopetalum #Monica #MonicaMx #Burgos #BurgosSpain #BurgosEspaña #Suculentas #SuculentasBurgos #SuculentasMonica #SuculentasMonicaMx #Succulents #SucculentsMonica #SucculentsBurgos #SucculentsMonicaMx #SucculentLovers

[89rooms]

This bottle he would drink at night. He drank rum until God hung low in the heavens like a heavy cloak. He drank rum until the rims of his eyes glowed with a pleasant pinkness, like the wing of a nightingale in a flash of light, and until the trees that ringed the farm breathed in, the way that only drunkards can hear.

Oscar Hijuelos - 'The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love'

[fernand0]

Sigue...

(2023-09-23) (2023-09-23) Floreció en verano y sigue en otoño. Los hijuelos veremos, que no esperábamos que aparecieran. Y menos tan altos. (2023-09-27) (2023-10-30) (2023-10-30)

[giftideasfromaycaramba]

Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures.

Cool Salsa celebrates the tones, rhythms, sounds, and experiences of that double life. Here are poems about families and parties, insults and sad memories, hot dogs and mangos, the sweet syllables of Spanish and the snag-toothed traps of English. Here is the glory, and pain, of being Latino American.

Latino Americans hail from Cuba and California, Mexico and Michigan, Nicaragua and New York, and editor Lori M. Carlson has made sure to capture all of those accents. With poets such as Sandra Cisneros, Martín Espada, Gary Soto, and Ed Vega, and a very personal introduction by Oscar Hijuelos, this collection encompasses the voices of Latino America. By selecting poems about the experiences of teenagers, Carlson has given a focus to that rich diversity; by presenting the poems both in their original language and in translation, she has made them available to us all.

As you move from memories of red wagons, to dreams of orange trees, to fights with street gangs, you feel Cool Salsa's musical and emotional cross rhythms. Here is a world of exciting poetry for you, y tú también.

[jadacubalitblog]

5 non fiction books

Distant Marvels, Chantel Acevedo

In 1963, as hurricane Flora bears down on Cuba, elderly Maria Sirena is forced into shelter with a motley crew of other reluctant women. They wait out the dangerous hurricane while Maria tells the story of her family’s involvement in the third war of Cuban independence.

On amazon.

Our Man in Havana, Graham Greene

All Wormhold wants is to buy his daughter a pony. But this simple vacuum salesman finds himself recruited as an unlikely cog in the cold war spy game. The results are absurd, comical and tragic.

On amazon.

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, Oscar Hijuelos

This is my favorite piece of Cuban literature. You can hear the mambo music in your head as you read this Pulitzer prize winning tale of two brother/musicians make their way out of Havana and into the New York’s music scene during the pre-revolutionary 1940’s.

On amazon.

Classic Cuban Literature

“Papa” Hemmingway loved Cuba. He lived there for twenty years and wrote some of his most famous books there. This book about an aging Cuban fisherman’s epic battle with a marlin helped Hemmingway cinch the Nobel Prize.

On Amazon.

Next Year in Havana, Chanel Cleeton

This pic from Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club features Cuban-American Merisol, who travels to Cuba following her grandmother’s death. Her grandmother’s history involves a clandestine affair during the revolutionary period. While in Cuba, Merisol attempts to reconcile her grandmother’s stories with a modern Cuba as she finds romance of her own.

[poemalog]

"Interiores / Interiors" and "Aguas / Waters"

Two poems by Irela Casañas Hijuelos

(tr. by John Johnson and Jabez Churchill)

[todocubaonline]

Minint devuelve auto a cubano residente de EE.UU. que se enganchó al parabrisas durante robo

Minint devuelve auto a cubano residente de EE.UU. que se enganchó al parabrisas durante robo.

Joel Hijuelos Batista, un cubano residente en Estados Unidos, iba acompañado de su tío cuando se dirigía en un auto rentado por la ciudad de Holguín y detuvo el automóvil para comprar unas cebollas en un punto de la carretera hacia Gibara y un par de ladrones entraron al auto y se dieron a la fuga. El cubano residente, encima del capó, se aferró al limpiaparabrisas para evitar el robo, mientras…

[talesofpassingtime]

I love my wife but she doesn’t understand me… Nobody understands me.

— Oscar Hijuelos, Our House in the Last World