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Weekly "Dicho con Café"
"Como viaje de mosca."
The author's translation is that "Like the flight of a fly."
This dicho refers to one who has no direction. If one notices a fly when it is in flight, it flits from one direction to another and doesn't really have any real destination. This dicho applies to those individuals that skip from job to another, or from one activity to another, without ever finishing what they started. It makes reference to a person that appears to be "lost" in what they want out of life or for that matter, what they want to do with their life. This dicho can also apply to other situations that can deal with personal decisions that a person makes that gets them no closer to something positive happening in their life. |
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More About John A. Flores
Another very interesting trip taken by the Floreses was to the country of Morocco. This was part of a trip in which they also visited Portugal and Gibraltar. They spent three days visiting Morocco, including Casablanca, the largest city in Morocco. Alas, there was no sighting of Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart, who made the city famous in their classic 1942 movie of the same name. They were able to visit Tangiers, where they first landed, crossing the Straits of Gibraltar and Fes (or Fez), which is famous for the hat that carries its name. They also paid a visit to Marrakech, where they visited a large open market which displayed several vendors demonstrating their skills with cobra snakes as they played a flute, swaying back and forth to avoid a strike of the cobra. Needless to say, the Floreses were wearing their track shoes and stood at a distance to allow them to get a head start if a cobra decided to slither in their direction! In all, it was a very interesting experience and the three days and nights spent in Morocco allowed them to enjoy not only the Moroccan culture, but also allowed them to take in a show which was held in an arena, where Moroccans showed off their horsemanship, along with women displaying the high shrill they make with their tongues, which is a very eerie sound. Of course, Mr. Flores came back with his own personal Fez hat, where it still hangs among the other hats that he has accumulated from his travels.
When he's not writing books, Mr. Flores makes presentations to local, regional and national groups, using dichos to motivate his audiences. You can contact him for speaking engagements at (559) 456-0128 or at his personal email at jaflores1246@comcast.net
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