The Currency of a Smile
In the study of ancient trade, we often focus on the movement of gold, salt, or silk—the heavy, tangible things that built empires. Yet, there has always been a secondary economy, one that leaves no ledger and requires no vault. It is the…
The Dust of Laughter
The taste of dry earth always brings me back to the schoolyard, that metallic tang of grit settling on the tongue after a long afternoon of running. It is the smell of sun-baked stone and the rough, woolly friction of a sweater against a scraped…
El Coliseo Romano by Ana Sylvia Encinas
When in Rome, do as the Romans. I looked at this architectural masterpiece for quite a while that November day, and came back at night to be able to photograph it in all its golden glory. The Roman Coliseum, an icon of the Italian land and a…