Yesterday I woke up in black and white. I’d say I was pretty disheartened by how things are going, and also by how hard I find it to wait for them to change on their own. As the saying goes: If you don’t

Today, my husband mentioned wanting to buy me a pair of Adidas sneakers—a very comfortable model I’ve had my eye on for a while—but I keep putting off the purchase because food prices are skyrocketing

For over thirty-five years, I have lived in the same neighborhood—an area dominated by five-story apartment buildings, though there are a few streets with older houses. At first, I noticed that people

Hace unos años yo me consideraba una mujer muy exitosa.Me sentía bien profesionalmente, ocupaba un cargo con varias responsabilidades, participaba en proyectos de cierta escala, y tenía además una empresa

I think I finally gave myself a break today—not from work, but because I managed to resolve a household appliance issue. I also took the chance to go out and have some fun without the pressure of cooking

The face is the mirror of the mind, and the eyes, without words, reveal the secrets of the heart. St.Jerome I had almost forgotten that the light is different in the morning. It is a bit softer, cleaner,

Un saludo cálido, para los amigos de esta comunidad muy querida y especial para mí. Hoy comencé a caminar.Había estado pensando en gestionar mejor mi tiempo porque a veces se acaba el día y siento que

I’ve been trying to work out the timeline, since I don’t recall exactly when my obsession with recordable discs—yes, plastic discs—began. I believe most of the ones I own are Verbatim CD-Rs; back then,

Esta semana decidimos en la empresa trabajar una persona por día, en mi caso dos, porque estaré formalmente el viernes de guardia, y otro día más para enviar unas informaciones pendientes... sí, todavía

If you need to talk about the subject, I'm here for that. Warm greetings to all the friends in this community who gather every weekend to share their personal views on the topics our host, @galenkp, puts

A couple of months ago, I helped my best friend from work—who is also a former neighbor—move to a place somewhat far from my home. It was a rather difficult day, as we had to move the entire contents of

"Now and then, life kisses us on the mouth, unfolds in color like an atlas, sweeps us through the streets, and we feel we are in good hands." Joan Manuel Serrat. I had another panic attack last

"Buen día, criaturas miserables.No olviden que sus traumas no son un permiso para herir a otros.Dejen de justificar su inmadurez emocional para dañar y elijan la empatía.No sean basura; sean seres

One of the most popular trips of my childhood was always to visit the Mogotes complex, which forms part of the Viñales Valley (a National Park and World Heritage Site). A landscape that impresses with

I perfectly remember when I graduated from university, I left far from home to work in a laboratory that had always been located outside the provincial capital where I lived. A place anchored at the foot

Ha sido una semana agitada.Sobre todo el día de ayer. La semana pasada tuve que llevar con urgencia mi pequeña mascota al médico: inapetencia, debilidad, tristeza, fiebre.El joven que la atendió la revisó

...Almost suddenly he approached me and wrapped me in a hug, and although I was able to forgive with a tightly clenched jaw, his sad sobs could not break the cold iceberg of sentimental fossils that struggled

¡Un saludo muy especial a los amigos de una comunidad que ayuda a transmitir buenas vibras a nuestras vidas parsimoniosas y rutinarias! Hoy, después de levantarme con el firme propósito de activar la triple

Hoy después de 29 años me vi obligada a dar un diagnóstico devastador.Pero no por ser ni médico ni vudú, sino por ser una simple agrónoma, que trabaja en un laboratorio para el análisis químico y físico

My father was a guy who was brimming with optimism. I remember that in the nineties they broadcast on Cuban national television a Brazilian soap opera called "Happiness", in which there was a