Dolce life

By: Gabriela Yareliz A masterful Artist and Creator; summer sunshine; dresses; a brilliant scarf; a fruit-toned lip; lined eyes; natural hair; effortless; put together; classic; elegant; family; love; youth; wisdom; ocean; nature; a wink; a smile; perfection in the complexity of life.

This Week’s Picks: June 16, 2013

By: Gabriela Yareliz Strange exhaustion creeps on all of us in our shaded cubicles. The school keeps bothering us telling us we need to start the fall recruitment process for internships for next year. Summer, doesn’t feel like summer yet. It better start soon because we are almost half way through it. 1] Embody theContinue reading “This Week’s Picks: June 16, 2013”

More than you take- Joseph the king of dreams

A single voice, Is joined by multitudes in song, With every verse, They’re finding harmonies that rise to Heaven sure and strong. Richer and richer the soil on which they thrive, Higher and higher a hymn of what it means to be alive You’ve got to give a little more than you take, You’ve gotContinue reading “More than you take- Joseph the king of dreams”

Viviendo [living]: Adamari Lopez

By: Gabriela Yareliz Today, I finished Viviendo, by Puerto Rican actress Adamari Lopez (one of my favorite actresses from childhood). It was a masterful story-telling of her life so far; from when she was born to her meeting and being pursued by Luis Fonsi, her engagement to Fonsi, her telenovela success, her being diagnosed withContinue reading “Viviendo [living]: Adamari Lopez”

To hold a letter

By: Gabriela Yareliz I like writing letters and leaving them for my mom. I don’t think people today realize how meaningful it is to receive or write a letter. To have a piece of that person that you can keep, smell, read, over and over again…It is gorgeous. Handwriting conveys so much more than aContinue reading “To hold a letter”

This Week’s Picks: June 9, 2013

By: Gabriela Yareliz Hello dear ones, I am in a new city for the summer…ahh, yes, summer intern. I am in an Ernest Hemingway kind of mood this week. Despite my dislike for his storylines, he has always had something valuable to say. Take wisdom, and run with it. Of course, along with Hemingway areContinue reading “This Week’s Picks: June 9, 2013”

Invasion

By: Gabriela Yareliz People want guns to guard them from an invasion. Just in case. An invasion of what or by whom? Some say China, others Iran, and some even say our own government. Regardless of what people’s stance on guns may be, I wish people realized that there is a more serious invasion goingContinue reading “Invasion”