(SP) Ella emocionada . . .

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Unas lineas del cuento Ho El 5 . . .   Ella emocionada, lloraba y lo miraba ‒ lloraba sin parar y no le quitaba la vista. Creo fue el momento en que vi el alma de esa mujer. Pensé que sus lágrimas habían hecho florecer su esencia, quien sabe cuánto tiempo apagada, invernando, esperando […]

Same ol’ stuff

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Same ol’ Amigos. What a week of the same old stuff!: the press has been fawning over the North Korea, South Korea love affair, the president’s love affairs, Russian meddling, stocks up one week, down the next, no deal on immigration, the budget crisis and now Florida. Like I said, no news: a week of […]

Line in the sand . . .

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Amigos. I’ve thought about this, and I think one of the recurring problems of human society has always been maintaining the fine balance of method vs. principle ‒ with some stressing the former over the latter while others, calling themselves more real-world and practical, prefer it the other way around. And there’s no easy answer. […]

Too small to be effective?

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Somebody once said that if you feel too small to be effective, then you have never been stuck in a dark room with a mosquito. I thought about that and how unworldly the statement is, considering they were talking about a mosquito, just one. Many years ago in a fishing trip to one of the […]

The weather attacks . . . !

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¡Hijos de la revolución! Sons of the revolution, for Jim. And I consider myself one of them. I guess the cold froze my hands and possibly my brain, reason this invitation is so late. Still, never despair. Some of us will be there tomorrow, on schedule.  This week is the first time I ever heard […]

Magallanes . . .

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The monument to Ferdinand Magellan sits in the middle of the main square (Plaza de Armas Muñoz Gamero) in Punta Arenas. He stands at the very top looking out towards the future and the Strait, with a sword handy and his right leg resting on a cannon: a powerful figure, master of his domain. Below […]