SubjectSenior citizens
In our family, we’ve always been the sort to moan endlessly when we’re ill – all dramatic sighs and martyr-like expressions. That’s exactly the state I was in when it all started...
Time associated with work – whether paid or unpaid – is a central aspect of how people organise their lives...
In our lives, we have to juggle two different kinds of time: the productive system’s clock time and the time...
The small wheels of Piero and Anton’s suitcases rattle against the pavement. The sound rips through the silence enveloping Carrer Gran de Sant Andreu, while the sun beats down on...
Dad is a concern for us. We didn’t expect him to do this. He had been dropping hints now and then, in his usual subtle way, but we didn’t take him seriously. In our defence,...
I’d like to share the story of Aunt Cristina’s death with you. Not exactly how she died, but how her sisters came to believe she had passed away, and how Aunt Cristina herself...
When she gets home, it’s half past eight in the evening. She sets down the grocery bags – long handle adorned with Modernist iron filigree. Such porosity, such marvel, what a...
He wasn’t allowed salt, but he gave himself special dispensation when he was with his beloved fancy woman. Well, he did so every day, and Anselm was already long enough in the...
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