Comics and Ramblings by René Ramos
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Car Travel
When I was a kid, cars had bench seats for the front-side passengers, and nobody (not even kids) wore seatbelts.
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Talk Circle
In the evenings, the men in my family would gather in the patch of ground next to the driveway and talk about Cuba. Sometimes it got rather loud.
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Cafetera
Growing up in a Miami Cuban household, the “cafetera” was constantly in play. I never saw this type of espresso maker anywhere else when I was a kid, so I assumed it was of Cuban design, but it was actually invented by an Italian named Otello Amleto Spadini in 1937.
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Bike Riding Lessons
Neither of my parents knew how to ride bicycle, so they delegated my rider education to my uncle Conrado. He did his best to show me how to ride on the streets and in the neighborhoods, despite my short attention span.
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Butterfly on the Homestead
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Vandercar
Lewis Vandercar was a self-styled warlock and artist who chose mythological creatures and topics as subject matter for his sculptures.
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Glove Dream
In the dream I found that cutting the fingers off of gloves endowed the cut pieces with magical properties.
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Bucket Truck Dream
In the dream, I climbed into the bucket of a parked FPL maintenance truck to check it out. The driver took off and drove all over downtown Miami with me in the bucket, extended to maximum height. It was a bit hairy but the view was great!
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Trouble with Kibble
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A Conversation
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