TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: The Beautiful Animas River in Durango City, Colorado

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

The Beautiful Animas River in Durango City, Colorado

I took these pictures in Durango City, Colorado, where the Animas River flows through the center of the city. There are walkways and parks on either side of the river. All along the banks, children play, people walk their dogs, fishermen fish in the river, painters try to capture the golden beauty of the cottonwoods.

My dream is that one day the rivers and creeks in the Philippines will be as pristeen and beautiful as the Animas River.

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.