

Sevilla Video Diaries
My father had died in San Diego on November 1, 2013 (Dia de los Muertos )and the next day I felt an odd sensation in my pelvis. A few...


Berlin Video Diaries
For your viewing pleasure, a video record of my growing fondness for Berlin. In 2011 I moved to Kreuzberg and was welcomed with a song....


Ric's Café
Welcome to my comfy corner of the inter web. Pull up a love seat, grab a latte and share some stories with old and new friends in Ric's...


Feeding on Podcasts
I moved from NYC to Germany in 2006 as an avid listener of talk and music radio from WNYC - world music, news and lazy weekends with...


Taking Flight, Making Tracks
I've been on a storytelling journey with my newest collaborator, John Polak, creating a piece for the La Jolla Athenaeum Music and Arts...


Nannies, Nancies everywhere!
For whatever reason I am thinking about Nancy Drew this morning. Forget the Hardy Boys, she was my girl. Got me through growing pains in...


IN LOVING MEMORY
My loving father Ramiro Marta Oquita passed away on All Souls Eve 2013. He was mercifully not in pain and did not suffer. His love was...