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A sad ending

Honestly, I’m not a football/soccer fan. Nevertheless, I can understand that millions of people all over the world are. I feel that it has stopped being a sport to become mere business. The amount of money many players get is really obscene, if we compare it to the salary of Seguir leyendo

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Gratitud efímera

Este año, más que nunca, cómo no rendirles homenaje ayer a los médicos en su día, cómo no agradecerles tanto esfuerzo, tanta vocación de servicio, tanta entrega, tanto compromiso, tanta dedicación. Desde que se desató la pandemia, han estado en la línea de fuego, literalmente poniendo el cuerpo, arriesgándose, dejando Seguir leyendo

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An image is worth a thousand words

We all remember the shocking image of a Syrian boy, three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, drowned in the Mediterranean Sea, along with his mother and brother, in September 2015. Somehow, the drawing by cartoonist @Maledita Wiesel of Diego Jiménez and his twelve-year-old daughter Abigail, entering their province, Santiago del Estero, on foot, Seguir leyendo

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2020: Vanishing leap year

I went to the chemist’s a couple of days ago. After I’d paid for the stuff I bought, the smiling cashier gave me a little present: a magnetic 2021 calendar for the fridge. I stared at it, incredulous, shocked, and turned as pale as a sheet. “Are you ok, Ma’am?”, Seguir leyendo

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