Tag: Latin America

  • On the way to school

    On the way to school

    And so the child merrily passed the hours away, as she skipped from word to word and from book to book Half an hour later, after finally leaving her house, she would meet up with Magnifico, who was always punctually waiting for her in the pine tree clearing. Together, they would walk an additional hour…

  • In hot lands

    In hot lands

    The heat has precisely reached an extreme point; to the moment which this anti-climate becomes an absolute, or rather, it turns into a matter that could well be said as: the truly unbearable and totally intolerable. Not even this morning, as I hopped on the plane at Cochabamba City’s airport, did I run into this…

  • With one eye on the job

    With one eye on the job

    The child had visited as many worlds as the books she had read, and those were many… Camila’s parents differed enormously from Magnifico’s folks, for they were incredibly strict and very conservative in their way of thinking. At four o’clock in the morning, while it was still pitch dark outside, the child could be found…

  • A little girl of many worlds

    A little girl of many worlds

    For her, every book was but a window that opened to a new world , waiting to be explored From the heights, he encountered on his path, Magnifico carefully observed every single detail that made up his world and perfectly at ease in its midst. Meanwhile, Camila lived in her own world, and she enjoyed…

  • A well-centred little boy

    A well-centred little boy

    And when the child talked, the grownups listened attentively… In a similar manner, Magnifico would comment on the necessity of wearing warm clothes and bundling up to protect oneself during the long hours of the coming night. Quietly and without further thought, he pointed out that at dawn the cold would be a bit intense.…

  • In the matters of weather

    In the matters of weather

    And who, upon awakening, can unequivocally say… what the day will bring? As it happened, even before he had reached his seventh tender year of bucolic life, that surprising country boy had compiled an extensive abundance of skills to interpret his passage through the world. This prosperity of multiple possibilities that he held on how…

  • Awareness of the moment

    Awareness of the moment

    I believe that unlike other people, I have never lost myself and have always known where I can be found. In fact I find it hard to believe, and very much so, that somebody could actually lose himself. From “The Treasure”, in the book, Searching for treasures by edudelcorral By the birds as they sang,…

  • Sense of direction

    Sense of direction

    He always knew the where and the when of any place he found himself in That was how, among other things, he learned to measure time. He could determine it accurately and with unbelievable precision, just by observing the wealth of tiny details surrounding him. These talked to him about the time of the day…

  • Life’s lessons

    Life’s lessons

    The best lessons of his life, were outside of the classroom So, as it happened, his father spared no effort in transmitting his vast experience to his young son. He didn’t limit his teaching to matters concerning the farm, but went further still, trying to explain the world that surrounded them, communicating a wealth of…

  • Plans and dreams

    Plans and dreams

    Without dreams, flight becomes an impossibility Nothing could be further from the truth and especially from his dreams and the grand plans towards the future, carefully stored in the hopes and the mind of the child… For him, life was perfect and clearly defined.  For him, life was perfect and clearly defined. In a very…