The Russian Winter
His brother was alive! My maternal grandfather learned in a letter handed to him by a friend of a friend, sent by distant relatives from Argentina. He was sitting on a bench in… Continue reading
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Irene
“I Love you”, I said to her, still trying to come to terms with the painful fact that she would soon be gone. “I Love you”, she replied, telling me with an almost… Continue reading
My Name.
“Today is the happiest day of my life”, my grandfather wrote on August 17 of 1939, in a letter he sent from Montauban, a small town in southern France. “Today Anita and our… Continue reading
The Strange Fascination with Concealing
On October 1st 2017, the Independence Referendum in Catalonia revealed a great long held mystery: The thousands and thousands of ballots that the Spanish police was desperately seeking, appeared like magic in every… Continue reading
From The Islands of Exile: A Tale of Hope, Stubbornness and Social Suicide
Visiting my grandparents was like crossing the Atlantic. On the walls of their small apartment hanged black and white images of Mediterranean landscapes. Fishermen sail boats navigated a sea of books in my… Continue reading
Three Lessons of Life, Love and Soup
In memory of Yolanda Riquelme (Asuncion, Paraguay, 1942 – San Diego, California, 2013) “Just remember”, said the nurse when I was about to step into the Intensive Care Unit”: “She is not suffering.… Continue reading
De Oaxaca a Singapur hay solo un paso
Este escrito está dedicado a Claudia González de Villegas. Por la apasionada dedicación, entrega incondicional y alegre energía que ha puesto para nutrir el espíritu y presencia de México en Singapur, le estoy… Continue reading
The Bomb
“This town is loaded with stories”, I tell my eight year old son as we walk by the beach. “I know”, he says, “I hear them all the time”. During these summer days… Continue reading
Dawson Place
Sometimes my son and I like to walk our dog around Dawson Place, a public housing area across the street from our condo. Dawson’s buildings are lined up right next to the Alexandra… Continue reading
In Transit
Six months living in Singapore and I am already caught in the never ending wave of change that sweeps across this island on a daily basis. Nothing here seems to be permanent. Not… Continue reading