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Dreams Past and Dreams of the Future

I heard the following comments from a Mexican woman: “We were in Varadero and met a singer who was so nice and sang so well…”

Thanks to the reports we get from the teachers, we learn about certain aptitudes & attitudes that our daughter does not clearly show at home.

When you ask about your chances of collecting soon, they reply that there is a list of people waiting just like me.

Havana teeters between the engineering of the past and the hydric crisis of the present. Meanwhile, thirst persists among its people.

It might seem strange, given what Cuba is going through, that I titled my article with that name. Let me tell you why.

In the 1990s, thanks to a painter friend, I discovered Enya, the Irish singer.

As I grew, I explored sounds and subgenres. Rock became a refuge. Each riff, each lyric, was shaping me, teaching me to feel differently.

No doubt the planet is heating up. Look at Ukraine, Iran, Russia, Syria, Israel, Gaza, Venezuela… and there is also a lot of heat in Havana.

The first time I heard the word “autism” was about 30 years ago, and I formed a rather different idea of what it was.

I have a friend who’s a member of the Jehovah’s Witness congregation, although he follows their discipline more than he attends their services.