Get To Know You ~ Mercedes Spivey by Teresa Dovalpage

Mercedes sits down for a question-and-answer session with dru’s book musings so that we can learn more about what makes her tick. Let’s see what she has to say. What is your full name? Mercedes Spivey. In Cuba, my full name was Mercedes Montero Rojas. How old are you?...

Merceditas by Teresa Dovalpage

Buenas tardes. I’m Mercy Spivey, but that’s just my most recent name. In Cuba, my birth place, I was Mercedes Montero Rojas. Everybody called me Merceditas, which I prefer. The ending “ita” gives it an affectionate feel, even if all you’re doing is asking me for a...

A Day in the Life ~ Meredith Folger by Francine Mathews

I’ve spent my whole life on an island thirty miles off the East Coast, the tail-end of a glacial moraine left behind by the last Ice Age. Nantucket is roughly fifteen miles long and maybe five miles wide; lashed by nor-easters in winter, when all sound except the...

On the move with Perveen Mistry by Sujata Massey

Is it already seven o’clock? I’ve hardly slept! I was up too late drinking coffee and talking politics with Pappa yesterday evening. The Britishers have put Gandhiji in prison again, and Pappa doesn’t know if it’s wise to add his name to the list of lawyers decrying...