by Michael Soares | Dec 27, 2019 | Volume 4, Issue 21
Last week we published a story about the Municipality’s new “Guía caminANTES,” or “Walkers Guide,” that lays out in detail, 16 different hikes—ranging from low difficulty to high difficulty—that one can take around the Cuenca area. This new guide offers a chance to...
by Michael Soares | Dec 13, 2019 | Volume 4, Issue 20
We put up our Christmas tree this past weekend. It’s beautiful in the corner of the new addition we added to the house. It’s got glass doors on both side of the angle of the corner, so we can see it at night from the outside. And inside, the lights reflect off the...
by Michael Soares | Dec 9, 2019 | Volume 4, Issue 19
I think I’m passing a kidney stone. Maybe, maybe not. I have a lot of back pain in the area that would indicate that I do. I know because I’ve had them before. Several of them. They suck. They pop up at the least opportune times and can screw up your life for several...
by Michael Soares | Dec 2, 2019 | Volume 4, Issue 18
For those of you who have been here a while and used to visit Café Eucalyptus, you may recall the iconic painting that hung in the center of the old colonial space. It was of a bullfight in Spain. But it wasn’t a normal bullfight, it had a big twist to it. It was...
by Michael Soares | Nov 25, 2019 | Volume 4, Issue 17
The coffee is still brewing, but I’m writing without it this morning. Only because I have to get my column done early today. The newspaper’s graphic design person is going on a well-deserved vacation and needs all the contributors to turn their columns and stories in...
