Posts Tagged ‘San Antonio’
Las Golondrinas/ The Swallows
Swallows have been said to be a symbol of endurance, renewal, and loyalty. Footfalls to the Alamo includes a song, La Golondrina, with words that reflect a bird “being tossed about by the wind’” while longing for its homeland yet traveling on. Swallow pairs mate for life and sometimes return to familiar breeding areas. “These…
Read MoreAssassins That Span the Ages: Bacteria and Viruses
(A virus takes up residence in a healthy cell. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.) Imagine that you are a settler in San Antonio of the 1800’s. You and your family have just constructed a jacál, a hut, as your new residence, much like those constructed by María Andrea Castañon and her family. The jacál, with…
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