After the March Was Over....

Fiorella woke up yesterday morning still glowing from the success of her NEVER AGAIN march, spent way too much time on FB, but had enough glow left that she did a fair amount of work on a difficult scene in her WIP. In the afternoon, she  and met up with friend Patricia in the cafe adjoining la biblioteca and her glow returned as she recounted the progress of the march.  Patricia asked how her Spanish was coming along, and Fio told her in sorrow that she hadn't made much progress because she needed a telenovela that she could play over and over again to drive el espanol into her brain, but didn't know how to locate  one.

"Why not borrow one from the library?" friend asked. To make a long, thrilling story short, Fiorella checked out two telenovela DVDs and will try them out on Monday.

But wait--there's still more! To top it off, when Fio got home, she started working on la historia de nuevo and pretty much finished off the rest of that problem scene.

Fiorella is a happy camper.

Mission Accomplished

FIORELLA SURVIVED THE MARCH! Survived and prospered, actually. We were just four people, but that was enough. Fio wielded her NEVER AGAIN sign, and the others took up guard posts around her, but we didn't run into any trouble as we walked around the county courthouse striking up conversations wth all and sundry. In fact, most people were interested and thought along the same lines we did. And the added bonus was that WE HAD NEWSPAPER COVERAGE! Of course, Fio doesn't know how much will show up in print, but the reporter scribbled down a volume of notes and took many, many pictures.

All in all, it was a very satisfying experience for Fiorella, but she also hopes it got some people thinking.