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Counting from one to three…
Counting from one to three… Chapter 13. About how cigars and how they explode In any event, immediately realizing the perilous circumstance he was in, without so much as an instant’s hesitation, he squared his shoulders and stood tall and straight. With a disciplined attitude, coupled with a commanding voice, he addressed…
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Searching for new horizons
In the lands of the coffee, from the book, Searching for treasures “You ask me about the Antioquian colonization. I can talk about it for a simple reason. I got to live through it and to be a part of the process. I was a part of those times and the significant…
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An arrested recruit
An arrested recruit Chapter 13. About how cigars and how they explode Lately, he clearly realized the danger in not having chosen sides. He was completely aware, how the risk greatly increased each day. Finally, he decided between the Sandinistas or the US-backed government Contras, with his heart and his feelings, after…
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Memories of a long past childhood
In the lands of the coffee, from the book, Searching for treasures After the day’s lessons, I immediately headed back to my parent’s store & eating house. That’s when the day’s work began in earnest. The place was on the muleteer’s way, and though we weren’t rich, we didn’t lack the bare necessities. “As…
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A recruit with a plane
A recruit with a plane Chapter 13. About how cigars and how they explode One day, my grandfather rose early in the morning. After breakfast and without breathing a word to anyone, not even to my grandmother Manuela, he walked over to the Sandinista’s Revolutionary Armed Forces Office in León, and without…
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An illiterate peasant
In the lands of the coffee, from the book, Searching for treasures Jon Jairo began to quietly talk about the lands to the south of Medellin. He started by explaining how in contrast to the rest of the country, the so-called Coffee Zone or the Cultural Coffee Lands were colonized or settled…
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The sounds of English: Perfect day by Lou Reed
The sounds of English… a listening experience Perfect day Lou Reed Perfect day Lou Reed This song is brilliant. It shines in its simplicity. Simple does not mean that it is a song that we should not pay attention to or that…
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My lessons for Life
My lessons for Life Chapter 12. The Atlantic Coast and its Caribbean pirates That was the last time we flew together. It was the end of a series of many wonderful occasions, we shared between us. Those wonderful moments that included lessons beyond the geography or history of Nicaragua; even though…
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Settling the lunch
In the lands of the coffee, from the book, Searching for treasures “So, the last question comes from my mentioning who we Paisas are, am I right? Let’s see if this clears it up. I’m not from Medellin, but I am a Paisa, down into my bones, by the Sacred Virgin!” …