Short stories of a long journey

Tag: Vol II. Searching for treasures

  • Silence in the saloon

      The foreigner was momentarily thoughtful as he stood, gathering his thoughts, while slowly sipping his beer. More than half of the night’s gathering had stood from their tables, gathering in a half circle around the bar, also quiet and pensive, as they noiselessly observed the traveler.   The priest had already installed himself on…

  • Of the smiles and of the laughter

    Of the affairs of men I’ve seen more than my share:   I have seen them laugh with cinnamon faces or skins so fair that you can see through them     I have heard them shout and cry in unpronounceable languages, over such matters that I found even more difficult to understand    …

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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,…