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Dogs with long lives
Gods made mortals in their own image, and they paid them back in kind “This is a story that I seldom share,” commented Angelica, “and on the rare occasions I have done so, I have never included my own particular interpretation of the facts…” Intrigued, Pilar, immediately asked what she was referring to. “You see,…
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A déjà vu in life
Is it that we relive once more, or we just merely remember? Having relived that childhood scene, Angelica gathered her thoughts and focused on the moment, the interrupted breakfast and the family reunion. Her face showed a slight smile, perhaps a bit nostalgic and possibly brought on by the memories of her first exposure, not…
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An old friend
It would seem that some of the decisive moments of life, are to be lived once again… And then, when her father was about to insist on how the piano was such a great instrument, and also, so proper for little girls, a startling howl of a dog was clearly heard. It consisted of a…
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Follow the leader
In life there are some people that open new road and those that follow them Finally, with a deep sigh that was never her outside of him, just when Angelica’s father was about to begin his lecture on the important reasons why girls were restricted to delve in the prohibited holy grounds of the violin……
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And… a star is born
How many people walk the streets and go by inadvertently, when in reality they are so extraordinary that as time goes by and they pass away, history itself will recognize them, holding their memory forever. “When I grow up, I am going to play just like that man in the centre, the one with the white…
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An encounter with Fate
There are certain days in life, in which what occurs… will be imprinted forever in our souls Consequently, it was the first time that Angelica was exposed to that indescribable wonder known to us all as music. Also, she was fortunately sitting in the very first row, for her father was precisely one of the…
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An unexpected surprise
Who gets up in the morning, thinking that his life is going to change dramatically, turning in a completely unexpected way So, it happened that one weekend in the month of the characteristic strong winds, Angelica’s family came to enjoy the afternoons, as happy as fun, flying their kites in that immense plaza of the…
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At Villa de Leyva
Change in some places, as with some people, just passes by Villa de Leyva, was then, as now a small town, with beautiful houses and cobbled streets, brings back the old colonial times. This small city is just thirty-seven kilometers away from Tunja, the Capital of the Boyaca Department. It hardly changed in those times…
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The childhood memories
Few are the memories I keep from the best times of my life: my childhood As he recalled that scene, sitting in the comfort and warmth of his kitchen, Felipe, shivered reliving that moment recovered from the chest of lost memories of long past times. On that morning in particular, he never imagined that he would…
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Barking in the distance
There are those who can read life in such subtle things as a dog’s way of barking For all those reasons, that Sunday they had gathered together, without a care in the world, happily chatting among themselves, and carelessly enjoying their coffee after breakfast. The flower that crowned that garden of ease was the placid…