I have heard his read aloud several times, but this reading was one of the best. It is so appropriate to what is happening in the US, it was perfect timing.
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Do you play chess? Do you remember when you learned to play? I do. I was about fifteen, living with my parents and my sisters sharing the same room in the Hotel Rich. The hotel was well-known by Chilean refugees in Buenos Aires. The accomodation and food was provided by the Hotel and the U.N paid the costs. The Hotelier, Pipi provided food for us, but as most businessmen he cut corners to make more profit in the food and cleanliness. When I think about it now, the food was so bad I wouldn't even feed my dog that food. Those three long years; that period of our lives I wouldn't call it living, I'd call it existing, we felt we were in an Abyss. Time went slowly back then, no schooling for my sisters or me and my parents weren't allowed to work. We received from the UN, a monthly stipend as a family to spend it on essentials such as clothes and toiletries. Mum kept control of the money we received, and on the odd...
“C’mon it's time to get up, girl” called out mum. I didn't want to get up, it was Sunday and I wanted to sleep a bit more. However, I was conscious that my help was needed. The camaraderie that existed amongst us, the youngsters, was divine. It was fun to get together with my friends for a good cause. I jumped out of bed, had a quick wash, got dressed while mum prepared breakfast. I had just finished having breakfast when I heard the horn of the van bip to let me know they were outside, waiting. Every Sunday, about 6.30 in the morning, the van would collect fifteen of us young volunteers. We never knew what kind of voluntary work we would be doing, until the day we were picked up. Let me tell you briefly, about the period of 1970-1973 when I lived in Chile. Despite the opposition intending on several occasions to intervene during the elections, which were supported by the USA, Salvador Allende succeeded. He was the first socialist President ever...
I have heard his read aloud several times, but this reading was one of the best. It is so appropriate to what is happening in the US, it was perfect timing.
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