The formal diagnosis, which we reached after months of testing, is inconclusive. It could be myalgic encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. It could be a condition derived from the virus, which we still can't fully understand. It seems like an invented illness to avoid working. I always liked to…
Dear Margaret Bennett What a shame we never met under different circumstances. For example, I am looking for a Pilates studio to continue my practice, twice a week. You could be a Pilates friend, we could recommend a pediatrician to each other, we could talk about the same TV series.…
Dear Don Julio, Yesterday I stopped by the hardware store, as I almost always do on Tuesday afternoons, and your son Sebastián told me that after more than twenty years of service you've decided to retire. You had already mentioned to me that you were considering a change,…
I'm writing this totally inappropriate letter, horrible even, so you can show it to all your friends and tell them: watch out for this deranged lady. I don't care if you do. You're maybe twenty years old, same as my oldest son. You'…
I'm writing you this letter with some timidity, though not so much that I won't send it. I'm writing it to you seated at my dining room table, in a tropical city where the ants haven't gotten the memo about urban development.…
Last year my friends Luis, Paula and I wrote each other letters the entire year, from different places in the world. We published them in podriaser.com. This year I no longer have correspondents, so I decided to make them up. Now I publish letters destined to people who don&…