(Nota Bene: if a reader is here: please don't take these posts seriously, they are half-fiction, written for myself for an imaginary audience, and some are decades old, if I had time to go back and read them, I'd probably delete or modify most of them)
In La Havana we were lucky to meet and spend time with the Cuban poet Soleida Ríos. Soleida seemed to me to be a generous, transparent, and spiritual person. Her personality is light, it floats. We talked with her for several hours over a meal and a walk down Havana's quiet Avenida de los Presidentes. One thing she said to us that stuck in my head was: “Communism is good for me in particular because I´m terrible with money, this way I don´t have to think or worry about money.” We are holding guayava fruits, which were REALLY delicious. I found this video of Soleida and her apartment in La Havana Vieja on Youtube. I think all of us regret not having enough time to accept her invitation to experience her apartment (which you can see in this video below).
