“Cueva Ventana” and its rewards
We made it to a known town of my youth, Arecibo. It’s pavement road roaring by the touch of the fast pace car’s wheels. It has always roared. The undulated green silhouette of the mountain range, defined the horizon under a sky of pale blue and fluffy grayish cumulus. It might rain. Chimneys tall and … Read more
La Ermita
Arropada por la flora que busca su lugar en el cambiante y abandonado terreno donde un día fue dueña y señora. Fue erguida una vez, y ahora yace en ruinas, la Ermita de la Candelaria en Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Sus coloniales paredes de ladrillos color terracota expuestos, como una herida en carne viva, a … Read more
A un reino / To a kingdom
English version below the Spanish. El asfalto negro me transporta al pasado, a una juventud marcada con nostalgía en el espacio neuronal donde las memorias son tan solo reacciones químicas. De ellas nacen el deseo de recorrer el camino bordeado por árboles y rodeado de valles. Ese camino que corta por entre las montañas de … Read more
La fruta del campo
El comer pomarrosa me transporta a mis días juveniles en el pueblo de las flores, Aibonito. Cuando antes de jugar en el campo saqueábamos, mi hermano y yo, el palo de yambo que estaba al final de la jalda cementada que servía de entrada a la finca de mamá Duve. Seseábamos el deseo que se … Read more
The denied goodbyes
ON the eve of a special person’s birthday, I remember what has been denied by the Lords of Time. This is something I don’t experience alone, for many have pass through it too. A final goodbye is considered as a way of healing and a chance to move forward without regrets. In this lifetime of … Read more
The end marks the beginning… / El final marca el comienzo…
Versión en español abajo …a common knowledge amongst humans. The fall of a kingdom was the rise of another; a dead king is replaced by other; at the last second when a year dies, the first of another passes like the blink of an eye without us even noticing it. On those first seconds of … Read more
Sang Christmas Words
Lost in the season I will be, inmersed in the loving blessing of my family. Hughed by love and lighted by lovable smiles and cheerful laughter. Thankful for a celebration that is welcome with incense and sounds of bells and prayers. The floors of my family room will be decorated by torn wrapping paper and … Read more
“A frozen tear”
I just enjoyed reading this poem by William Thomas, it is deep and touches the core of the soul. Enjoy and hope you think in this season of love of those who spend it in solitude. A Frozen Tear By William Thomas© Winter in Kodiak, a time of little light. The snow brightens … Read more
Stories, one of fun and the other of love
Short Funny Christmas Story Just before Christmas, an honest politician, a generous lawyer and Santa Claus got into the lift (elevator) at the Ritz Hotel in London. As the lift travelled from the 5th floor down to the ground level, one-by-one they noticed a £50 note lying on the lift’s floor. Which one picked up the … Read more
“The wrapping paper”
This story I love for its inspiration and love. Enjoy! THE GOLD WRAPPING PAPER – An Inspiring Christmas Story Once upon a time, a man punished his five-year-old daughter for using up the family’s only roll of expensive gold wrapping paper before Christmas. Money was tight, so he became even more upset when on Christmas … Read more
