Mariana Ruiz

1 week ago | cronicasdelaemigracion.com | Mariana Ruiz

Su destino, esta vez, no es una peregrinación ni un viaje de descanso, es un reencuentro con la memoria de un hombre que, aunque ya no está, vive en documentos, en iglesias y en un legado disperso entre Galicia y Argentina. Ramos lleva 14 días recorriendo Buenos Aires. “Mañana regreso a España”, cuenta con una mezcla de satisfacción y nostalgia. En la capital argentina no sólo descubrió rastros de su antecesor, sino también una comunidad gallega vibrante y activa.

2 weeks ago | geekdad.com | Mariana Ruiz

The vengeful Kitsune explains to Usagi why she is attacking everybody. Her tragedy is too great; the sin the villagers have committed could not be forgiven. Usagi will manage to defeat her, but her burning body will take with it a great part of the trees, and a terrible fire will consume her revenge. I laughed when the cruel bounty hunter Gen decides that keeping up with Usagi means too much adventure!The Usagi post-scriptum for this issue is about the fear of fire in Japanese culture.

2 weeks ago | cronicasdelaemigracion.com | Mariana Ruiz

Desde las 12 del mediodía, y hasta las 17 horas, las agrupaciones de cantareiras pertenecientes a las asociaciones gallegas de todo el país estuvieron presentes en esta celebración federal que las reunió en la sede de la Sociedad Parroquial de Vedra, en la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Algunas de las más cercanas pudieron estar presentes en el salón vedrés. Las más alejadas enviaron sus videos para sumarse a esta fiesta popular.

2 weeks ago | geekdad.com | Mariana Ruiz

I am always on the hunt for fun books to use with my kids in art class, and these two are both enchanting and have tons of practical, easy-to-follow instructions to achieve cuteness. I don’t think Dani Badani (known for her Etsy shop FunUsual Suspects) could have guessed what effect she had on the world when she first discovered polymer clay and started fiddling with it.

2 weeks ago | geekdad.com | Mariana Ruiz

On this roundup list, we celebrate my usual favorites: board books, books in translation, migrant stories, and even an early reader graphic novel that I enjoyed a bit too much. Let’s start with picture books:Micaela Chirif is an award-winning Peruvian author of children’s books and poetry, and I am glad that we are finally giving some space to widely recognized authors like her (it has taken far too long). In this book, Cristina is playing with a doll house that has a rabbit doll.