Tag: Searching for treasures

  • A traveling Mexican circus

    The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures      Some things occur in a spontaneous way, or they simply just don’t happen. In this case, they both hit it off from the start and almost immediately a spark of friendship kindled between them.      On that night, when their paths crossed, Gabriel…

  • About borders

    About borders

      “Right now, and at the moment, I have just arrived from the border,” he, thoughtfully, began to reply, “which I’m sure many people will truly believe to be quite far away, but still, on this occasion and in my own personal opinion, I have found it to actually be close by.” “I’ll tell you something…

  • The sunsets

    The sunsets

    My mother used to say that the world is full of opportunities and you have to go after them, you know?  —Of the landscapes, I have seen them all. The sunsets, when the sun gives in to the night and all the surroundings are bathed in multi-coloured light. From the mountains and from the coastal…

  • In the cold streets

    In the cold streets

      Night had already fallen in the cold streets of the downtown Bogotá’s Candelaria Quarter. The wind blew, invading the nooks and crannies found in its arbitrary and turbulent path. The corner          Barrio de la Candelaria, Bogotá, Colombia  It found its way into the marrow of the occasional passerby, who fought back…

  • Death and Time

    The Rectory’s façade           Universidad Autónoma de México, México   If I had to bet my money on either Death or Time: I would place it all on the second one of them. This I can say without a trace of doubt in my mind.     I’ve never run into a stiff.…