I was in Bilbao, the city of my birth, for a few days before coming back to New York. It was a sunny day, perfect for a little hike into the forest near Bilbao. It was the beginning of fall, and I like to take advantage of that season to forage mushrooms. Luckily, it was …
Category: Encounters
My Friend
Greetings to all! I have a little story about my little friend in America. He’s a squirrel named Ricky. There are many large trees growing near my work, And a lot of squirrels live there. But one was very brave and inquisitive. He liked to run up close and take the nuts that I used …
Thieves, However Foolish
One day, a group of thieves planned to steal from a big house. They agreed that if the fence around the house was too high, they would demolish it, and if it was low, they would sneak in from above. The thieves went to the house, but they didn’t find a fence around it in …
Village of Stone
Once upon a time, there was a village in an African country where wicked and inhospitable people lived. In this village, all foreigners were mistreated and chased away. However, in this village lived one family that was generous, benevolent, and always warm with the foreigners. One day, a mysterious stranger passed through this village. He …
The Red Tomato
It was 1982, and I was ten years old. My grandmother was about to die of cancer, and this became my mother’s excuse to take me to a small town far from home. My mother planned the trip to try to shield me from the pain of death. Even now, I still regret that trip. …
A Not-So-Virtual Image
I looked in the mirror, but somebody else was looking back at me. This person was masked, but I could see her long hair, or maybe it was a man wearing a wig. I turned around, but there was no one there. I turned around again to look in the mirror, and again I saw …
A Bus Attendant
When my eleven-year-old daughter was four months old, I had to go back to work. I took the bus to the office every day. I was impressed by a bus attendant, a well-built young man with black hair, good teeth and a beautiful smile. He always helped all of the passengers on the bus. I …
A Foggy Day
I pulled the curtain open in the morning. I had a plan to go to Central Park, where the autumn view attracts me. I looked out the window. What day is it today? I thought. Everything was so hazy, was I going or not? I hesitated. Finally, I decided to go. The hazy view has …
Finding Each Other Again
In 1990, when the system changed in Russia, I was eighteen years old. It was a hard time for many people. A large part of the population lost their work, yet others lost their belief in the future. The idea of a union and of community was going down with the Soviet Union, and it …