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Rosario

Rosario

Rosario had short hair and wore baggy knit sweaters and jeans. She was short and blonde. People in town said she was a tough woman. I loved her for it....

Rosario

Rosario had short hair and wore baggy knit sweaters and jeans. She was short and blonde. People in town said she was a tough woman. I loved her for it....

Brown

Brown

The color of my school shoes was brown. My skirt was too.The soccer balls were brown. So was the baseball bat my neighbors used. Brown didn’t go with black. Brown...

Brown

The color of my school shoes was brown. My skirt was too.The soccer balls were brown. So was the baseball bat my neighbors used. Brown didn’t go with black. Brown...

Callecita

Callecita

Several years ago, in Bogotá, I fell in love. One of those fast, intense things that ends before you even have time to process it—but stays with you for years....

Callecita

Several years ago, in Bogotá, I fell in love. One of those fast, intense things that ends before you even have time to process it—but stays with you for years....

Oliva and the Cemetery

Oliva and the Cemetery

There’s a church in my hometown.It’s called El Humilladero. But I didn’t go there to pray.I went there to walk with the dead. The cemetery next to it became my...

Oliva and the Cemetery

There’s a church in my hometown.It’s called El Humilladero. But I didn’t go there to pray.I went there to walk with the dead. The cemetery next to it became my...

The Promise

The Promise

I don’t like making promises anymore. Not because I don’t believe in them. It’s just that I have this inconvenient habit of keeping mine. And keeping promises, when the other...

The Promise

I don’t like making promises anymore. Not because I don’t believe in them. It’s just that I have this inconvenient habit of keeping mine. And keeping promises, when the other...

Something Else

Something Else

Every few decades, we’re lucky enough to witness something that doesn’t just change life—it completely redefines it. And right now, we’re living inside one of those moments. I used to...

Something Else

Every few decades, we’re lucky enough to witness something that doesn’t just change life—it completely redefines it. And right now, we’re living inside one of those moments. I used to...