Short stories of a long journey

Category: 02 The treasure

  • Rains and downpours

      Now, on this sensitive subject, the town’s optimists invariably argued that in that week it would rain and further still, it would downpour     while the pessimists would wag their heads,       arguing that it was still a long time before the clouds had caught enough water;     Stories   …

  • How different this Sunday

      How different this night,      when on Sundays they traditionally swapped the hot gossips of the moment, would criticize de local politicians,   chat about the crops and the always present possibilities of rains for the next week.     Stories                In Spanish       …

  • Time flies

      … you would have to observe how the faces lighted up with smiles of agreement.     How true and also, how wise the words of the outsider, time had flown!   Stories                In Spanish                How to buy       …

  • The standing ovation

    Façade collage            Marsella, Risaralda, Colombia   “But how quickly time has passed, this only happens to me when I am so comfortable and in such good company.     This remark was followed by an uproar of approval, followed by a standing ovation chuckles, and scattered discreet laughter. It could easily be…

  • The bells tolling

    The coffee          Salento, Quindío, Colombia So things were going to the foreigner, who was about to enjoy a new shot,   In the street         Salento, Quindío, Colombia when from the church the bells began to toll, indicating that it was half past nine.   Viewpoint       …

  • Just by knowing

      I believe that with only contemplating it from time to time; The Real Street          Salento, Quindío, Colombia just by the fact of knowing that it exists nearby me, and that it was I who found it; I will be one of the happiest persons on this planet, and that it…

  • Going back

      when I realize that just by contemplating it; I am filled with happiness and inner peace. when I realize that just by contemplating it; I am filled with happiness and inner peace.   That is the reason I am going back to where I found it. ories               …

  • The end of the quest

    But I may add that the quest has finished.   And, it has ended in a total and satisfactory way, completely successful at that. Main Street           San Sebastián de Palmitas, Antioquia, Colombia    The stories                In Spanish               …

  • The question

    The corner          Neira, Caldas, Colombia   “Excuse me, Madam?”, he asked Doña Eudalia. Representation of the founders          Manizales City, Caldas, Colombia . Because of the babbling in the room, he didn´t hear her question. The grade             Neria, Caldas, Calombia “No, of course not,…

  • The most singular beauty

    View of the Amazon         Macas City, Morona.Santiago Province, Ecuador   “Ah, that is a very good question. The lakes          San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro Province, Argentina . I’ll answer that what I have found, the most singular beauty in this world, may be so, but only for…