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Cooking with Billy Joel

Yesterday, I woke up wanting to be happy. In order to stop anything from getting in the way the first thing I did was put on some music.

One minute I was holding the door open for her, receiving a lovely smile and cheery thank you very much young man, and the next…

I needed a shed for tools and supplies because it isn’t convenient to keep them at home. Read what I came up against seeking permission…

Those of us with relatives and friends in Cuba know that the majority of their problems don’t stem from the restrictions of Trump or Biden.

When will mass vaccinations begin? It’s a question that is on everybody’s lips nowadays here in Pinar del Rio, and nobody knows the answer.

Where I live, there also reside a father and son from Nicaragua, within the hostel/apartment building in which the three of us rent rooms.

At home we are all delighting with the latest novel by Cuban writer Leonardo Padura, widely read abroad but barely mentioned in our country.

When I think about BANDEC (Cuba’s Credit and Commerce Bank), the first adjective that comes to mind is “hurdles”.

I received a pleasant visit from two friends this weekend. After elbow bumping each other and keeping a safe distance, we caught up.

During this last year, and a lot of free time during the pandemic, I discovered ways of accessing knowledge that I had no idea about before.