"Pinceladas" are brushstrokes in Spanish. I plan to paint a hundred days in a row, a paragraph at a time.
Day 82 ~ Red
Do you know those times when you make an
embarrassing mistake and just wish
you could rewind time a bit and
replay the scene? In
Spanish we have a very descriptive expression for
the feeling we experience at that point: "Earth,
swallow me." To add insult to injury, some people
turn red, as if they didn't have enough being the
center of attention for an unwanted reason. In my
case, it is "seasonal." For a long time I keep my
cool, and then suddenly, blood rushes to my cheeks
one good day and, as if I had awakened a dormant virus, I
start blushing for months at a time. I'm at a good
phase now, so I hope I don't wake up the monster
just by randomly thinking about it today.
Day 100 ~ Completion
This will be my last par...