Category Archives: ARTS AND POETRY

AMERICAS HERITAGE!!!

Americas Heritage is a blog post page that is created to contain all of the chapter summaries and related blog posts derived from the book entitled: “EL NORTE, The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America” (Gibson 2019). This page is created for the ease of website navigation. Thank You and Welcome!

THREE KINGS DAY!!!

On January 6th 2022 it is the celebration of the Three Kings Day, that is also known as the Epiphany Day and Feliz Dia De Reyes within the Spanish Culture. As per previous writing this day is most often celebrated / commemorated the day after New year’s Day which is January the 2nd, and asContinue reading “THREE KINGS DAY!!!”

CHRISTMAS TREE II!

I am truly honored and humbled to share the completed Christmas Tree embroidery project that I shared / published earlier. I wanted to create a simple project that would convey what I desired to express with the stitches. The colors of the threads are chosen to reflect the Evergreen Advent candle wreaths and the AmericanContinue reading “CHRISTMAS TREE II!”

WINTER SOLSTICE 2021!

During a walk I was able to view the beautiful magnificence of the sunset that took place on the day of the Winter Solstice 2021, it is only after the day that I learned it was the day of the Winter Solstice, when one season becomes another. I absolutely loved the beautiful shades of pinksContinue reading “WINTER SOLSTICE 2021!”

“WEST SIDE STORY.”

Within this writing I reflect upon the new 2021 film adaptation of “West Side Story” from Steven Spielberg’s interview in ABC’s 20/20 special.

CHAPTER 15 | SUMMARY!

Within this writing I reflect upon Chapter 15 entitled: Florida, CA. 1960 – 80 from the book entitled” “EL NORTE.” I was especially drawn to the the continuing themes of historical architecture, the Cuban Regime, immigration, education and the formulation of the term Hispanic.