Happy Birthday Herr Brahms

I wanted to sit down to write a few words about Romantic composer Johannes Brahms since this morning, but time runs very quickly for me lately ... Today, is his birthday, he was born on a seventh of May, but in the year 1833.

He started early in the world of music and was a musician who pursued perfection. He had a personality that at times may have seemed rough or difficult, but his closest friends knew this was a way to protect a very sensitive and caring spirit. Brahms died relatively young at the age of 64, only a few months after the death of his beloved muse, Clara Shumann, wife of Robert Schumann. Much have been said about Johannes and Clara, speculations about a romantic involvement and so on. He described that relationship as "the most beautiful experience of his life, its greatest wealth, and its noblest content". The YouTube video above talks about the story with his Symphony No.3 as background. He composed this symphony and gave it to Clara, for her 64th birthday. The true is that nobody, except for them, knows exactly what kind of link tied Clara and Johannes, but the fact is that although they never shared a household together, they remained in permanent contact until the end of their lives. Romantic enough for a Romantic composer...

Feliz Cumpleanos Herr Brahms

Queria sentarme desde esta manana a escribir algo acerca del compositor Romantico Johannes Brahms pero el tiempo se me escapa entre los dedos ultimamente... Hoy es su cumpleanos, nacio un septimo dia de Mayo de 1833.

Comenzo a una temprana edad en el mundo de la musica y perseguia la perfeccion. Tenia una personalidad dificil y compleja aparentemente, pero sus mejores amigos sabian que esta era su forma de proteger un espiritu sensible y preocupado. Brahms fallecio relativamente joven a la edad de 64 anos a pocos meses de la muerte de su amada musa Clara Schumann, esposa de Robert Schumann. Se ha dicho mucho acerca de Johannes y Clara, especulaciones que los envuelven romanticamente. El describio su relacion como "la mas hermosa de su vida, su riqueza mas grande, su contenido mas noble". El video de YouTube -mas arriba- habla de esta historia con la Sinfonia No3 de background. El compuso esta sinfonia y se la regalo a Clara para su cumpleanos numero sesenta y cuatro. La verdad es que nadie sabe exactamente que tipo de relacion tuvieron Clara y Johannes, salvo ellos dos, pero el hecho es que aunque nunca compartieron un hogar, permanecieron en contacto hasta el ultimo dia de sus vidas. Lo suficientemente romantico para un compositor Romantico ...

** Today is also Peter Tchaikovsky's birthday

My Sunday in Pictures

For about two centuries, there were horse farms around my house; there are still a few but for the most part, they have been sold for housing developments. The public park in these pictures -10 minutes drive from my house- used to be a very rich old state, that the owners donated to the State of Maryland when they fell into financial difficulties. It is now a large forest with plenty of beautiful birds to watch, with an abundance of wild flowers and also those planted by the weekend community gardeners, and interesting trails where to walk with our dogs and forget about the rest of the world.

Por casi dos siglos, habian muchos ranchos de crianza de caballos alrededor de mi casa; todavia quedan unos pocos pero la gran mayoria se ha vendido para la construccion de comunidades. El parque en estas fotos -10 minutos en auto desde mi casa- era la propiedad de una vieja y millonaria familia que la dono al Estado de Maryland cuando se vieron en dificultades financieras. Ahora es un gran bosque con diversidad de pajaritos para observar, con abundancia de flores silvestres, y tambien esas plantadas por los jardineros comunales de los fines de semana, y senderos interesantes donde caminar con nuestras perritos y olvidarse del resto del mundo.















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"Trader Joe's" where at the end of the day on Sundays, they play old rock'n roll classics non-stop, in this case, food shopping was done while Yes was playing. I love it...
"Trader Joe's" donde al final del dia, los Domingos, tocan rock'n roll clasico, en este caso las compras de comida para la semana se hicieron al compas de Yes. Me encanta ...











My favorite sushi restaurant for dinner... Para la cena, mi restaurant de sushi favorito ...

One of My Dreams

For some unexplained reason, I have been in love with bossa nova since childhood. We all had dreams, some people dreamed of being Superman, others a princess, and so on; I dreamed of being one of the two singers in the late 60's band, Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66. I met them when I was a little girl -via TV- in an old rerun of one of their shows. At that time, they had already made a splash in the world of music, but the combination of music, voices, dresses and hair the girls wore, made an everlasting impression. Aesthetically, I like this period very much and I wonder, sometimes, if I should have been born earlier to live through those times. But, then I remember everything women have accomplished in the field of equality since the late 60s to present days and I smile. In any case, a girl can still dream, right?

Uno de Mis Suenos

Por una razon que no me explico, siempre he estado enamorada del bossa nova, desde mi infancia en realidad. Todos tuvimos suenos, algunos sonaron con ser Superman, otras con ser princesas, y asi, pero yo sonaba con ser una de las cantantes en el conjunto de Sergio Mendez & Brasil 66 a finales de los 60. Los conoci siendo una ninita, en uno de sus viejos shows retransmitido por TV. Cuando los vi, ya habia sido un tiempo desde que ellos habian causado sensacion por primera vez en el mundo de la musica; sin embargo, la combinacion de ritmos, voces, vestidos y peinados de las cantantes, no se me olvidaron nunca. Esteticamente, me gusta mucho este periodo y a veces me pregunto si yo deberia haber nacido antes para vivir este tiempo. Sin embargo, tambien me acuerdo de todo lo que las mujeres hemos podido conseguir desde fines de los 60 hasta estos dias en el campo de la igualdad y sonrio. De todas formas, una nina todavia puede sonar, no?