Tag: Latin America

  • 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.…

  • And when she smiles

        In this address that I’ve written down here, go in and ask for María.   Say hello to her, on my behalf   and you shall see that when she smiles everything is transformed. Stories                In Spanish                How to buy …

  • In the calm morning hours

      Board a plane towards the south and keep on going until you arrive to the city of Buenos Aires,   preferably in the calm morning hours. But not necessarily, maybe this part is just sentimental.   Stories                In Spanish                How to…

  • Southward bound

        (¡Hurrays and general applause from the public) The city wakes up          Medellín City, Antioquia, Colombia   “Take this bus to the Capital   and from there to the airport” Stories                In Spanish                How to buy …

  • In search of new horizons

      “Listen up everybody: for anyone that’s feeling quite bold, Seen from the park          Filadelfia, Caldas, Colombia and is also interested, expressing the drive and determination to go forth in pursuit of new horizons;    in just a few hours, they will achieve what has taken me a lifetime.”   Stories   …

  • The ten o’clock bus

    “And I have to go;   because, I leave on the ten o’clock bus to the Capital, for tomorrow,   and I must be at the airport to board a plane that will take me to the destination; I have told you that I discovered.”   Stories                In…

  • How different this Sunday

      How different this night,      when on Sundays they traditionally swapped the hot gossips of the moment, would criticize de local politicians,   chat about the crops and the always present possibilities of rains for the next week.     Stories                In Spanish       …

  • Time flies

      … you would have to observe how the faces lighted up with smiles of agreement.     How true and also, how wise the words of the outsider, time had flown!   Stories                In Spanish                How to buy       …

  • The standing ovation

    Façade collage            Marsella, Risaralda, Colombia   “But how quickly time has passed, this only happens to me when I am so comfortable and in such good company.     This remark was followed by an uproar of approval, followed by a standing ovation chuckles, and scattered discreet laughter. It could easily be…

  • The bells tolling

    The coffee          Salento, Quindío, Colombia So things were going to the foreigner, who was about to enjoy a new shot,   In the street         Salento, Quindío, Colombia when from the church the bells began to toll, indicating that it was half past nine.   Viewpoint       …