Category: Reader Friendly

  • ¡Sí!

    ¡Sí! a photo by Mauricio Alas. For 5 years, I have been running Toronto’s largest and longest running Spanish Speaking Group: Speak Spanish To Me. It has been a great adventure and I have meet literally thousands of people as they come and go on their journey to expand their horizons and learn a new […]

  • Searching For Timmy

    Searching For Timmy a photo by Mauricio Alas. Shortly after seating for a few minutes on a rock in the middle of a stream, a began to toss a few rocks into the water, hoping for a nice capture [Ravine Zen]. All of the sudden, most likely due the noise of me tossing rocks, a […]

  • Ravine Zen

    Ravine Zen a photo by Mauricio Alas. Recently, I had been waiting for some surgery. True, it is not the one thing one usually waits for and although not fatal it does mean going to a hospital and getting mildly cut open. Not 1960’s style where they would cut you like a roast. No, in […]

  • Firenze & Sunset

    Firenze & Sunset a photo by Mauricio Alas. While travelling in the North of Italy, one of the key cities to visit was of course, Florence. The old town of the city, like most ‘old towns’ seemed to cater to tourists but with a twist. Although Firenze was guilty of the same, it was not […]