A Hope to Be Able to Drink Ron Santiago
I was taking my bartending course immediately after the confinement period due to Covid. The instructor recommended…
Lien Estrada
The Land We Want to Live In
I feel happy every time I encounter a curb cut, or any other accessible modification to the architectural barriers on the streets where I walk
The Odyssey of Withdrawing Money from an ATM in Cuba
These human masses in waiting share the same fears: connection failure, running out of money, or a power outage. Any of these can happen…
Is Cuba Nearsighted or Farsighted?
A colleague was recently telling me about his problems with nearsightedness. I responded that I had problems with all types of vision…
Life Can Prosper Even if Conditions Aren’t Optimal
When I worked as a guide at the botanical garden in Holguín, I had to take gardening courses. I remember one with particular fondness…
Cuba’s Unique Breaker Switches
Many streetlights don’t automatically turn on at dusk and off at dawn. Making sure they do is the responsibility of the neighborhood.
My Friend at Holguin’s Exhibition Hall
It was Sunday and I decided to take a walk. During my stroll, I arrived where the Exhibition Hall in Holguín has been located for decades.
Memories of the Chess Academy in Matanzas, Cuba
It was almost always open, almost always the same people were there. Quite a few, and many more men than women, of course.
Spirituality in Socialist Cuba
Cuba, in its purported construction of socialism as an ideal society, thought, as Marxism asserts, that culture would replace religiosity.
Another Farewell
My friend called me to tell me that her papers finally arrived. I congratulated her. We agreed to meet at a café the next day to say goodbye.