Today

Written and posted today! Whew! I’ve been adding blog posts for the first few months here, and it was a rather big project. Still, I did it for me and to share with friends and family who might be interested and who weren’t on my e-mail list. As I finished it up I realized that I haven’t been writing update e-mails home since Puck flew back to the US. I have talked with family by phone a bit more, and I IM or chat with Puck almost every day.

The recent economic crisis has affected Spain significantly, and unfortunately the country has severely restricted giving work visas to foreigners. What does this mean for us? Puck’s company couldn’t get his work visa, so our current plan is for him to spend alternating three months in the United States and Spain with tourist visas.

I’ve been spending time at the Royal Academy of History’s Library lately, and on November 20th, I went to a concert to celebrate Fulbright’s 50th anniversary in Spain. Current and past Fulbrighters performed–playing guitar, violin, cello, piano, and other instruments as well as singing. I had never fully appreciated the range of expression of a violin before, and I enjoyed all of the performances.

On November 25th, I went to the second reunion of the cultural history colloquium at the UAM. There was a large group to hear Bryann Hamann’s comparative history presentation based on two trials–one in Valencia and another in New Spain.

With Puck’s busy schedule as he studies for his fencing exam this month, we rarely have much time to chat, so for Thanksgiving, Puck and I rented the same movie and hung out together online. It was nice to have several hours.

Kind of funny though. It’s a post titled “today,” but it is still dealing with the past as much as the present.