Tag: The weekend niece

  • Rumba on the street

    Rumba on the street

    And when they woke… it had all been, but a dream. With flavour          Ibarra, Imbabura, Ecuador The food appeared to be endless, for it was served abundantly and all day and all night. Inside the house, but mostly outside, where the grills were loaded with all types of meats, spicy sausages,…

  • The party

    The party

    As so it came to pass,  one morning upon waking, he understood that the time had arrived… to try something new The party           Ibarra, Imbabura, Ecuador Meanwhile, the days and their corresponding long nights slowly went by, while the happy family, especially the very happy father of the family, partied non-stop,…

  • A lucky birthday

    A lucky birthday

    There are those that never risk anything in life; they are called cautious: they are recognized becuase of thier wing that never grow     When Carito was on her sixth birthday, he announced that his luck was about to change, for the Baloto and the Manizales Lottery were both scheduled on the child’s birthday.   Sure…

  • Drinks and gambling

    Drinks and gambling

    For him, every step in life was a gamble and a bet. To bet little, so as, to lose little, was very much like living a little, so as, not to die next morning.   Three years later, she was pregnant once more, still without adapting to the hot weather of the city.    …

  • In the land of the hot weather

    In the land of the hot weather

      When the two Marroqui sister’s mother was scarcely in her first month of pregnancy, the family moved south, taking advantage of a job opportunity for her father.   Their mother arrived pregnant, and as it turned out, she never adapted to Cali’s intense heat.     . During her pregnancy, she barely touched food,…

  • Talking about horses

    Talking about horses

    Not even the horoscopes for that such a particular week could have foretold what was about to occur. The emotion         The streets at Ibarra, Imbabura, Ecuador “Are they from Morocco?” Oscar asked. After which they all laughed cheerfully. Gabriel began to explain: “No, they’re more like your country folk, they come from your…

  • Lunch beneath the volcano

    Lunch beneath the volcano

    And, when they could not bear each other any more, nor,  their shared story, which bound them together with the strength of a steel chain: then, she violently exploded from the depths of her soul… and with the force of an indomitable volcano.     It was a Wednesday when Oscar and Gabriel arrived to…

  • His own Boss

    His own Boss

    And the first thing he learned in this world was the art of obedience.     “For the time being, I am quite content just by getting to discover the world,” Oscar remarked. “Now, I have been working for more than thirty months and in different parts of Ecuador. All this time, I have learned…

  • The vagrant roads

    The vagrant roads

    Once done with the make-up, a new life emerged. Once done with the removal of the make-up, she vanished once more to return into the the jar, where she had once emerged, until the next show. Certain events happen sporadically or simply never come to be. In this case, both clicked, immediately and instantly, and a spark of friendship struck between them. On…

  • the walks of fate

    the walks of fate

    Merrily sailing the seas of their lives, those brightly coloured sailboats ,propelled along on their way, by the whimsical winds of their unknown destinies…   On occasions, it is outright difficult to decide if  in life, our paths merely branch off randomly and on their own, or if it is our own inherent destiny, who…