In this third season, I am sharing chapters from my short novel “Zunzuncito’s Adventure”. This week is chapter 8! Zunzuncito and Monty have a three-part journey: cross the grand lake, pass through the land of giants, and arrive in the valley of...

In this third season, I am sharing chapters from my short novel “Zunzuncito’s Adventure”. This week is chapter 6! Zunzuncito is on a mission to find the magic flower that will grant his wish to be big. He spoke with the wise snake Majá and now ...

In this third season, I am sharing chapters from my short novel “Zunzuncito’s Adventure”. This week is chapter 6! Zunzuncito is a tiny hummingbird. His friend, Monty, is an even smaller frog. The two animals are searching for a magic flower. Zu...

In this third season, I am sharing chapters from my short novel “Zunzuncito’s Adventure”. This week is chapter 5! Zunzuncito is done dealing with the small life. He wants to be big. Luckily, his new frog friend Monty knows about a special magic...

In this third season, I am sharing chapters from my short novel “Zunzuncito’s Adventure”. This week is chapter 4! It’s not easy being the smallest bird in the world. You have to deal with bigger bully birds, bees that don’t want to share and sp...

In this third season, I am sharing chapters from my short novel “Zunzuncito’s Adventure”. This week is chapter 3! Zunzuncito, a tiny bee hummingbird, just wants to suck delicious nectar from beautiful flowers. But he is not the only one hunting...

In this third season, I am sharing chapters from my short novel “Zunzuncito’s Adventure”. This week is chapter 2! Zunzuncito, one of the tiniest hummingbirds in the world, flits from flower to flower in search of delicious nectar. However, some...

Chapter 1: The Smallest HummingbirdZunzuncito is one of the tiniest hummingbirds in the world. Some might think he spends all his time happily sucking nectar from flowers, and they are not wrong. However, sometimes insects and even other...

The island nation of Cuba is full of amazing animals. One of the most fascinating is the tiny bee hummingbird, also called the zunzuncito. I was inspired by this little hummingbird and, with some motivation from my students, I wrote a short nov...

I love to travel and today I am sharing one of my favorite travel stories. When I went to Ecuador twelve years ago, I had the opportunity to snorkel twice with blowfish, sea turtles and sea lions. The first day was amazing, but the second was a...

Welcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. I believe that mental health matters. I usually feel like I have a good grasp of my own mental health, but there are days I want to ignor...

Welcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. I teach Spanish, but I am not a native Spanish speaker. Learning Spanish was not easy for me. I struggled a lot. But I am very grateful t...

Welcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. I love the theater. I love acting and singing and being in front of an audience. I haven’t been on a stage in years, but I have wonderful...

Welcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. I have very fond memories of my childhood. I spent a lot of time outside with my friends and family, no matter the time of year. As a chi...

Welcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. I love my family. I have two wonderful sons that I adore. I also have many brothers and sisters who are very important to me, along with ...

Welcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. In today’s episode, I explain where I go. I go to some places frequently, like work and the store. Other places I go to when I have time....

Welcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. I love where I live. I have a beautiful house in a small town in western Colorado. I have lived in 3 houses in this town over the last 19...

Welcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. Today’s story is all about food. Breakfast food, snacks, dessert. Get ready to hear about what I eat. I hope you don’t get too hungry as ...

Welcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. I am lucky that I get to do many things that I enjoy and I have everything that I need right now. However, there are still some things th...

Welcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. Many of my activities are related to daily necessities or work, but I do a lot of other things. I create, I explore, I exercise, and I li...

Welcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. Many of my activities are related to daily necessities or work, but I do a lot of other things. I create, I explore, I exercise, and I li...

Welcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. We all have different likes and dislikes. Continuing with this season of personal stories, this episode explores the question: “What Do I...

Welcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. This second episode presents multiple descriptive adjectives that both do and don’t describe my physical characteristics and personal qua...

Welcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. In this first episode you will learn. In today’s episode I am going to answer the question: Who am I?This story is in t...

Jack is a little cat. He thought today would be like any other day exploring with his family, but instead he woke up to discover that is home became a construction site! Will he be able to make his way through the heavy equipment and find his f...