The Murder of a Medicinal Tree in Cojimar, Cuba
It was a very old tree that had never bothered anyone. It is known here in Cuba as the Sassafras tree. It’s delicious scent gives away its medicinal properties.
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A New Cultural Center for Cojimar, Havana
Cojimar hasn’t had a cultural center for more than thirty years. The old one was based in an old colonial house on Real Street…
Winter Fair and Cat Show in Havana
Recently the Winter Cat Expo was held in La Quinta de los Molinos, Havana, which I announced in a previous article. Here are my pictures. (26 photos)
Winter Cat Expo in Havana
I want to make you an invitation to the winter cat show, which will be this Saturday, December 14 and Sunday the 15th in Centro Habana.
What’s a Symphony? Who was Mozart?
I would like to tell you about a show that classical music radio station, CMBF, broadcasts Sundays at 9:30 AM. It is called SABES TU? (Do you know?).
Coffee and the Place it Holds in Cubans’ Lives
The first thing we Cubans like to do in the morning, as soon as we wake up, is to drink a cup of coffee. Many even go to work without anything else in their stomach.
Children Always Surprise Us
In the mornings I often go out to try and look for a few things I need at home. I walk to where the shops are, sort some things out and do a couple of other errands.
The Giant African Snail in Cuba, Something Must Be Done
Every morning, an 80-year-old woman wearing a long-sleeve shirt, work trousers, boots, hat, dark-rimmed glasses and rubber gloves, picks up a broom and dustpan that she has set aside just to catch the giant African snails that have invaded her backyard for over a year now.
Being a Woman and Mother in Cuba Means Sacrifice
In Cuba, the first game girls play is “happy homes” which involves filling toy pots and pans with rice and beans so we can play at cooking them while we look after dolls as if they were our own children. If we have brothers, then we protect and pamper them, as if they were our own children, washing their clothes and even making their meals.