There are some small things that seem unimportant to the eye, but they are like treasures. Small details that awaken a specific part of us among all the thousands of experiences we carry. Nostalgia can live within people, but also beyond them and time. A cherry tree, for example. In Alison’s cozy home, a row […]
A small river lives at the bottom of our house.Its funny curves made us call it the little snake.At each hour of the day, its waters shone in a different color, as if in addition to being a snake, it was also a chameleon.My brother and I fed him with stones and sticks, and sometimes […]
The snow that morning made the house appear to be floating on top of a small white hill. I was greeted at the door with the smiles of four happy girls and a little 4-legged friend. Valentina soon showed me her new carnivorous plant and gave me a brief instruction on its diet of mosquitoes […]
There was a day on a winter morning when a white tigress named Sprinkle appeared at the door of two little girls’ house. Sprinkle had a pink bow around her neck, and attached to the bow was a pompous cream-colored envelope. Elise screamed, “Mommy, mommy! Come see the tiger that showed up at the door […]