Tag: Puebla

  • Games in the park

    Games in the park

    Like all the kids, it seemed that in the eternity of time’s passage, his birthday would never arrive    They were in the shade of the trees, gathered in one of the walkways of the park, exactly in front of the stone church that gave the town its special charm. His mother had ordered a…

  • The bean patch

    The bean patch

    Eat when hungry and sleep when you feel sleepy And, as if it didn’t seem, there were enough things to be done; they also kept a patch where they grew beans, next to the bananas, and the yucca. Spread among these throughout the plot, they had coffee plants. The coffee was roasted in the house, on the kitchen…

  • The little village school

    Outside,  a universe was waiting… until the day he learned to read A daily routine, possibly simple and straightforward, but still, it gave a meaning to his life. Certainly, it also gave him the possibility of earning the bread he ate at breakfast, which he would later enjoy together with his parents at home. By…

  • The shed in the mornings

    The shed in the mornings

    In the tranquillity of his daily routine, he found a rhythm to life He knew that his father was waiting for him to arrive. So, with a huge effort he quickly got out of his bed, leaving the cozy, warmth of his home behind and under the covers. Dressing as fast as possible and with his warmest…

  • The nostalgic flavours of home

    The nostalgic flavours of home

    And how many times when he woke, the only thing he desired, before getting up from his bed was… just a few moments more!   It was precisely in the strong aroma of his morning coffee, where Magnifico, even though many years had gone by , still tasted the nostalgic flavours of his beloved homeland. The…

  • The aromas of past times

    The aromas of past times

    In the memories brought back by his fresh morning coffee, he found himself once more The city walls           Puebla, Puebla, México How he enjoyed his coffee those mornings, and particularly at that premature hour of the day, as it softly and gently transported him back to his innermost, intimate thoughts… a brief…

  • At his favourite time of the day

    At his favourite time of the day

    And so many years went by… that eventually, he forgot to keep track of them   On Magnifico’s seventy-fifth birthday, life decided to plot a new course, as it steered unexpectedly away from his comfortable daily routine.   Like any other day in his long life, it had begun before sunrise, in those soft, gentle early hours of…

  • A seed in fertile soil

    A seed in fertile soil

    And when he discovered… that from the tiny little seed, in a most mysterious and possibly, even magical way, a robust plant had grown; then, the miracle amazed him, and he sighed, feeling both satisfied, as well as, fulfilled in his life  The younger sister, Mariana, was exceptionally receptive. They took advantage of a big…

  • The farmer of abilities

    The farmer of abilities

    In this world. though we can’t take anything with us, we can leave part of ourselves behind   He never imagined that on his return he would come back as a farmer, to plant his surprising abilities in the fertile lands of the Snow-capped Park. And more concretely, in the two girls that lived next…

  • Walking the tightrope of life

    Walking the tightrope of life

    Though he lived in the heights, he never could reach, his soaring personal ambitions  He became a part of the circus family. A few years later, he manifested himself as a prodigy in the arts of the jugglers. Gradually, he extended his abilities to the tightrope, and eventually, he became the star of the flying trapeze.…