Continuing to Learn in Alarming Times
Clearly, bookselling has its satisfactions. When you watch people’s delight at finding the information they’ve been seeking for a long time.
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Another Minefield in Cuba: The Kitchen
“I’m going to cook” has become, “I’m going to invent something,” because that simple daily activity has become totally tragic.
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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…
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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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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