MY PICTURES These pictures focus on course content and augment pictures I’ve taken in the past. (See my other journeys for more personal pictures.) [] Students and Classroom [] Street art, museum, and more art [] Buildings, Vistas, Street scenes and more [] Art School, ExpoCuba, Botanical Gardens [] Collection of best pixs (some by …
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Discerning Deacons Mexico Pilgrimage
August 31 – September 5 (2022) . ARRIVAL . (A few) MEXICO CITY SCENES & DIEGO RIVERA MURAL . SELFIES, GROUP PIXS, and MORE . CHURCHES (including GUADALUPE SHRINE) . THE MEXICAN PYRAMIDS at TEOTIHUACÁN . GOOGLE VIDEOS . …….
Outer Banks Vacation 2022
OUTER BANKS Pictures & Videos (August 14 -21, 2022) Day One: Arrivalhttps://photos.app.goo.gl/7HyiAKw7Y8kTHfSm9 Day Two: Beachhttps://photos.app.goo.gl/GcXnepCQSuoNT9c17 Day Three: Crabbinghttps://photos.app.goo.gl/oSgHtU1XFYbuTZtr5 Day Four: Horseshttps://photos.app.goo.gl/43h3trNQsqz34NmaA Day Five: Crab Festhttps://photos.app.goo.gl/TPjjnHukjr3YjTRT6 Day Six: Kitty Hawkhttps://photos.app.goo.gl/78F66ugVYtRGMm6c8 Day Seven: Mini Golfhttps://photos.app.goo.gl/CfTxHbhEFsKDs2Sj8 Day Eight: Farewellhttps://photos.app.goo.gl/DVNf2sNHzKSsadgi8 Sunsets & Sunriseshttps://photos.app.goo.gl/6rvBsnb3zPfErkvVA The Kidshttps://photos.app.goo.gl/oop9Lr2YXvdTHPTP6 GD +https://photos.app.goo.gl/42Ct7NybbRuy1Qau8 VIDEOSGooglehttps://photos.app.goo.gl/voJp97M5EVjjL3PC9 YouTubeHugo, Perry, and Crabshttps://youtu.be/RHSpaEHc-NU Sunrises & Sunsetshttps://youtu.be/FxQGou6w6Kc ShortShorthttps://youtube.com/shorts/OElvxrHZP6Y?feature=share
Prayer For Our Community
(From: Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations) Loving God, you fill all things with a fullness and hope that we can never comprehend. Thank you for leading us into a time where more of reality is being unveiled for us all to see. We pray that you will take away our natural temptation for cynicism, denial, fear …
FELIZ NAVIDAD 2021
FELIZ NAVIDAD 2021 And what a year it was: Reemberto retires from Montgomery County Government after 12 years of passionate devotion to Silver Spring. (See Es Hora / It’s Time statement.) Geraldina adopts Cachao. Iggy & Jess celebrate their wedding. Rembe gets the Braves to win the World Series. Dana wins a triathalon. Berto starts …
Iggy & Jess Wedding Celebration
PICTURE ALBUM REMBE’s TOAST (10 min video!) (PICTURES BY OTHERS TO BE ADDED SOON) September 16-19, 2021 ————- What joy it was to be there! Iggy & Jess looked so happy. It was simply beautiful. Every detail – everything – was just right. Perfect. The gathering the night before at the bar; the lunch the …
Why I take Pictures (now: Receive images)
The image above was received by Reemberto Rodriguez, December 2016 in Cuba. (The article below is published by Richard Rhor’s Daily Meditations.) Receiving Images Artist and author Christine Valters Paintner explores how we might reconsider traditional approaches to photography. Instead of “taking” pictures, she asks us to “receive” images similar to how we might welcome …
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OUR FAMILIA’s COAT-OF-ARMS
OUR FAMILIA’s COAT-OF-ARMS A decade ago I designed this stained glass family coat-of-arms to represent our mixed heritage: Cuba and the American South. It proudly hangs in our living room, providing a welcome – bienvenida – to all who visit ut. It measures 32” x 34”. It is my design, but the actual stained glass …
Letter asking our elected officials for solidarity with Cubans in Cuba
Letter asking our elected officials for solidarity with Cubans in Cuba Reemberto Rodriguez (July 20, 2021) Dear {elected official} Please consider making a statement about Cuba. Soon. Time is of essence. The Cuban people in Cuba are crying out, demonstrating, and protesting for the most basic of rights: The right to peacefully gather and express …
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Myrtle Beach 2021
FIRST POST-PANDEMIC VACATION (Myrtle Beach – July 10-17) Kids +; Sunrises; Views of Houses & More A Reflection: Ocean Lakes, South Carolina (Myrtle Beach) – A trip to Trumplandia Our first vacation after the pandemic was to Ocean Lakes, South Carolina. We originally reserved a beach house there to celebrate Geraldina’s 60th and Iggy’s 30th. …