El Vampiro — a story by Deborah Medley Dawn in the Valle de Vilcabamba El Vampiro — The Night Visitor In Ecuador they call them vampiros. In English they are vampire bats. Our woeful story begins at latitude zero degrees on a little farm of 10 hectares precariously perched on a steep Andean mountainside. Something […]
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Gifts from Her Father
by Deborah Medley In “Gifts From Her Father,” I reflect on the music, memories, and lessons Raul shared with us. Melodiaʼs father, Raul Mendoza, was a musician, a very good musician. He was a self- taught Latin percussionist who specialized in Latin Jazz, Salsa and Latin Ballroom. He played beautiful rumba, mambo, samba, cha-cha and […]