Date: Mar 01, 2023 07:00 am Isidra Mencos was born and raised in Barcelona when her home country was under the oppressive rule of Franco and strict religious teachings. Isidra spent her twenties experimenting with the new freedoms afforded by the end of Franco’s dictatorship, causing her to have a double life of “good girl” and “rebel.” She immersed herself in books and dancing, and working at various jobs. In 1992 she moved to the US to earn a Ph.D. in Spanish and Latin American contemporary literature at UC Berkeley, where she taught for twelve years. After a ten-year stint in the corporate world managing teams in several countries, in 2016 she focused on creative writing. She tells of her journey in her memoir, Promenade of Desire, A Barcelona Memoir, published in 2022. Listen Here »
Morning glories are beautiful flowers, but for me, they are much more than that. They are nature’s inspiration for determination and a symbol of endurance.
Any gardener knows these beauties to be among the most tenacious of vines, so dedicated to life that they reach over, under, around, and through any obstacle in their path in order to find the light they need to flourish and blossom. They’ll crawl through rubble and darkness, over thorny obstacles, always determined to find light. Even when you try to chop them down, morning glories sprout again, their blossoms a symbol of their survival.
Like these beautiful, formidable, indomitable blooms, Morning Glory People endure, reach for the light, survive, and thrive. ~Betsy
