I went to Spain with a student group when I was in high school. During this same period of time, I played several percussion instruments. My husband tried to teach me Latin ballroom dancing. This was long ago. My love for watching and listening to Flamenco dancing and its music has stayed with me.
In anticipation of Hispanic Heritage month, here is a mini celebration of the castanet. Castanets, also called clackers, are a percussion instrument often used in flamenco dance.
This is an AI generated image. The prompt was “dancing with castanets”. It successfully created the dancer, though it never was able to create the castanet as I envision them used in dancing.
My name is Katherine J. Krein. I lost my father in June of 2013, and then I lost my mother in November of the same year. After they both died I went through a mind-warping number obsession that has taken me years to control. This is my story. It is now 2025. I still use this site to post some poems and thoughts. My obsession has faded, however, I still notice the numbers. Faith, hope, and love is what guides me now.
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