Peace, Health, and the simple joy of cherishing just simply being alive

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Noel Coward once quipped in response to the silly platitude “Life is for living!” this response: “It’s difficult to know what else to do with it!” So, in that spirit, we send to all our readers – especially to those who are feeling more than just a bit depressed by the combination of Covid19, isolation, and the relentless piling up of bad news coming our way, a heartfelt salute to Life, which given the alternative is unquestionably more than worth living, no matter all the negativity. We send each and every one of you and yours our heartfelt wishes for Peace, Health, and the simple joy of cherishing just simply being alive.

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Rafael de Acha has enjoyed a distinguished career in the arts as a performer, stage director, producer, and educator. He was born and grew up in Cuba. At the age of 17 he moved to the United States to study Drama at the University of Minnesota, and later Languages at L.A. City College, Music at the Juilliard School of Music, at the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music, and at the New England Conservatory of Music, from which he received the Master's degree. He has taught courses on the History of Music at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music and at Florida International University, and contributed writings and reviews to Seen and Heard International (www.seenandheard-international.com ) and to this blog. He co-founded the award-winning New Theatre in Coral Gables, Florida, where he produced and staged twenty seasons of classical and contemporary theater, including fifty world premieres of plays that went on to have international and national productions on and off Broadway, including Ana in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2002 and Tony Nomination 2003.) In 2006 he was presented with a citation from The Dade County Cultural Affairs Council for “trailblazing contributions to the arts in South Florida.”