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It’s probably silly to think I can do a blog about Culture in Cuba in under 500 words and a few photos, but I’m going to make a “sound bite” stab at it. My sense is that under the communist regime of Fidel Castro and his buddies, the leaders tried to wipe out much of […]
“Sometimes the muse comes and we do very creative work. Other years we do ordinary work and let the spirit lay fallow,” explained Hector, a Cuban farmer turned ceramist. We visited his creative and beautiful farm/pottery studio somewhere between Varadero and Havana and saw examples of both...
Cuba Will Break your Heart I don’t typically write about decline and decay. I’m interested in new, cutting edge, historic, artistic, interesting, creative, stimulating and yadayada. If you follow my weekly blog you know. Sure some times guest bloggers jump in there to write about fording...
“I land in Cuba and arrive in 1959.” “Going to Cuba is like stepping foot on the set of ‘Grease’.” “When you go to Cuba you need to set your watch back 50 years.” These are the kinds of things written about Cuba and yep, they are all true. I visited Cuba in January on […]