tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post4836822144964734542..comments2023-10-24T06:55:48.859-07:00Comments on HERE, WHERE I AM: EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOSKathryn Stripling Byerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867152753841610044noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-32724393887760763802013-01-07T10:52:55.377-08:002013-01-07T10:52:55.377-08:00I love Frida Kahlo too. Remembering her helps me ...I love Frida Kahlo too. Remembering her helps me live on sometimes. I wish she'd lived longer myself.<br />MaggieMaggie Blue, Investigationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12700693686322451873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-13452883429353528632011-11-02T12:10:15.633-07:002011-11-02T12:10:15.633-07:00Adonde, yes indeed. I really love this magnificent...<i>Adonde</i>, yes indeed. I really love this magnificent poem and how you get inside the spirit of what is celebrated and played out on this day in certain parts of the world. Here in Spain, where I live, November 1st, <i>el día de los santos</i> or <i>el día de los muertos</i> is still an important occasion. Spaniards tend to stay close to their dead and to keep their dead close by in every way. And the "cities of graves" did indeed "come back to life" here with droves of families streaming to the cemetery, with photos, food, flowers, as they tried to keep the "taste of life fresh for the dead to come back to" (great line), while they help us season our own lives with that question ... <i>adonde, adonde</i>Lorenzo — Alchemist's Pillowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522265816460154722noreply@blogger.com