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About where they carry their dead
“Of things of men, I’ve seen more than my share, their houses and their customs, and in the way they dress or not dress at all.” “Of their churches and the things that they believe that they contain. Where they take their dead and the ways they say farewell, and also about…
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About the things of men
These last words caused a general sigh that spread through the bar, followed by an avalanche of comments. Meanwhile, Simon, the bartender, refilled his moonshine shot glass, without stopping to ask hin before. They all watches as he drank it in on go before he continued. “Of things of men, I’ve seen…
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About the climates
“I’ve been through these places with really hot climates, the tropical kind, where there’s just so many insects and of all sorts,” he talked while he turned to face everyone. “I’ve seen all kinds of spiders; some with all these colours and some just so plain. Harmless spiders and terribly poisonous ones too, some of…
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Life’s opportunities
“My Momma use to say that the world was chock full of opportunities and one should always follow them, you know? So that´s how one I followed up on an opportunity to travel. The days went by and they turned into years… and the years went by turning into decades.…
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About how to move around
“I believe that I have journeyed and wandered over the most part of the planet. In large and very modern airplanes, and as well, in the most rudimentary, antique and quite worn out ones. Yes, I have flown in tiny, small airplanes that took off from state of the art airports with amazing concrete runways,…
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My poor broken down worlds
Chapter I My poor broken down worlds Grandfather Jairo was the comet that suddenly appeared or disappeared from the skies of my childhood. Constantly travelling, Grandfather was born into this world, bearing the gift of being present in different places at the same time, tucked neatly under his arm. Even when he was far…
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The García girl’s wedding
Chapter II The Garcías girls wedding He was the third of five brothers, and she was the third of five sisters. At the time, the main church of Chinandega, the beautiful parish of Our Lady of Santa Ana was going through repairs. Sadly, the church had sustained heavy damage during the main earthquake of 1925.…
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Baptizing the celebrities
Chapter III: Baptizing the celebrities Grandfather was baptised in a small town called El Viejo, which literally means The Old Town. The old church had a well-known baptismal font, and it was quite famous as a matter of fact, as it dated back to the year 1560. The beautiful font’s antique base had been completely…