Desde que la humanidad decidió separar la tierra en identidades territoriales y crear las nacionalidades, cada individuo ha forjado una identidad basada en los lugares de donde provienen o donde radican. Ese sentimiento nacional nos hace desear lo mejor para ese lugar que generalmente identificamos como hogar. Es allí donde compartimos nuestras costumbres y tradiciones, donde a veces crecemos y para el cual decidimos aportar valor como ciudadanos.A lo largo de la historia, hemos recorrido caminos llenos de desafíos y aprendizajes, hemos cometido errores, pero cada paso nos ha llevado a reflexionar y a entender mejor nuestro propósito. Al abandonar nuestra vida nómada, logramos grandes avances, pero también enfrentamos nuevas confusiones y dilemas, hoy, algo tan esencial como saber lo que es realmente un alimento puede ser motivo de incertidumbre. Esta paradoja me hace reflexionar sobre la complejidad de nuestras decisiones: ¿cómo podemos contribuir al bienestar de ese lugar que tanto nos define?En Venezuela, hemos aprendido valiosas leccionesEs en este contexto que surge una nueva oportunidad, una oportunidad para participar activamente en el futuro de nuestro país, las elecciones presidenciales Venezuela 2024, son un momento importante, un acto de responsabilidad y esperanza. Como ciudadanos, tenemos el deber de aportar lo mejor de nosotros para el bien común, de participar en la construcción de una sociedad próspera.✨Esta es una invitación a mirar hacia adelante con optimismo, a recordar que cada acción cuenta y que este es un momento donde se requiere la unión como comunidad.Si eres venezolano vota el 28 de Julio�

▶️ Mis pequeños bienvenidos a un nuevo video. Aquí les cuento algunas de las metas que ha alcanzado Eddie bebé en ya casi su primer año de vida, así como cosas raras o curiosas que me tan dado risa y sustos.Espero lo disfruten y si tienen hijos me cuenten las curiosidades que recuerden de sus hijos a esta edad en los comentarios, lesando un fuerte abrazo.Gateo y aplaudir No paren de creer, crear y crecer.Mis Redes SocialesInstagram@Aliento - Vota por @aliento como testigo ▶️

The other day I was on a walk with my son and he seemed to find a neverending supply of sticks and twigs on the ground. He's pick one up, use it as a play sword for a few blocks, then discard it for the next. This isn't an uncommon thing. He seems to constantly find them. Anyway, the other day I was reading a book about Hosai and came across this haiku of his and immediately recalled my son finding so many sticks. Let's look at it. 枯枝ほきほき折るによしdead branches it's pleasing to snap them —Hosai(trans. David LaSpina[^1])[^1]: That is, me! If you like this translation, feel free to use it. Just credit me. Also link here if you can.![][woodblock] As usual for Hosai, this is a very short haiku, shunning the traditional form for a free verse interpretation. I'd almost say it works better as two lines in English, but I'll go with three just out of convention. The middle of the haiku dead branches That might actually work better than what I wrote at the top. Hmm... what do you think?"Dead Branches" is a kigo (season word) for winter, but since Hosai rarely used season words, we are left to wonder if the setting here indeed is winter or if he just wanted a scene with dead branches. There are many dead branches to be found at other times of the year, after all. The kigo typically refers to dead branches that are still in the tree, anyway, whereas in Hosai's poem I get the feeling they are on the ground. What we might be slightly more certain of is that it is likely a subtle nod to Bashō and one of his most famous haiku: 枯朶に烏のとまりけり秋の暮 on a withered branch sits a crow— autumn nightfall —Bashō That one is often considered the first really great haiku Bashō ever penned and the one to elevate him to the most famous haiku poet in the country. It is so famous that any mention of *ka

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Shopping used to be an event, a symphony of smells, feels, and sights. We’d fondle the produce, check the seams of the garment. We'd stare into the vendor’s beady eyes, trying to decide if they looked trustworthy enough to hand over our hard earned cash. The worst thing you could expect in the days of yesteryear was some old farmer giving you the stink-eye for bruising their tomatoes. Then came the pandemic, turning us all into hermits and online shopping junkies. That year of toilet paper shortages and quests for those illusive cans of Lysol made doorstep delivery more necessity than luxury. But convenience comes with a price well beyond the cost of delivery fees.The price we pay for convenience is the pestering, and the pestering is a high price indeed. Every online store now demands a profile, holding your personal info hostage for a one-time measly discount. “Give us your email for 10% off your first order!” they say. I’m a sucker for a bargain, so I’ve fallen for that dirty trick more times than I’d care to admit. At first, I’m ecstatic, patting myself on the back for saving a few bucks. But then, after the dopamine rush subsides, it dawns on me what I’ve gotten myself into. Emails and texts start rolling in on the regular, “Come back! We’ve missed you!”, “Look what we’ve chosen especially for you!”, “New Arrivals! You won’t want to miss this one!” Really? I think to myself, “I just spent $100 on your site yesterday. You have an awfully unrealistic expectation of my bank account.”Some vendors have taken pestering to an art form. One sends me an email every other day with a blog post about the business owner's deep thoughts, van life adventures, and the philosophical implications of organic quinoa. Dude, I admire your passion, really I do but I just wanted a pair of socks.Another, a spice company, uses every marketing email to rant about a political party they particularly despise. Spicy indeed. Look, I don’t need a side of political commentary with your delicious curry powder. I’m looking to make dinner, not start a civil war.Somewhere along the line, companies have confused the words

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