Tag: spain
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Conversation with street performer
During the August Feria and Christmastime Calle Larios has many street performers. He seems to be taking a break. I am curious about what they are discussing and who the woman is.
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Pelando naranjas
Cada 28 de diciembre las bandas de verdiales se reúnen en Puerto De la Torre en Málaga para competir y pasar lo bien.
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Woman with bicycle
She and her husband travel around Europe on bicycles, returning home to earn enough money to leave again. I encountered them at a Christmas fair in Rincón de la Victoria, near Málaga, just back from a trip through France.
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Old man with cane/ Málaga, Spain
I was embarrassed to ask this man to take his picture. His face was half paralyzed as if from a stroke, but he was willing and even looked off to one side when I asked. A few weeks later I returned with a print to give as thanks. This time a woman approached me and asked what…
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José, Virginia and Mely
Sunday afternoons the sounds of laughter drift over our next-door neighbor’s wall – deep hearty laughter, the sounds of friends enjoying pleasant conversation and probably good wine. José and Virginia and his mom Mely run a small neighborhood grocery store just down the hill. José is a bricklayer by trade, but jobs are scarce. Mely’s husband died a few years ago, so…
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Pepa – Seamstress / Málaga, Spain
My son needed a suit adjusted. (You’re wondering why a seventeen-year-old kid would wear a suit. It’s for a play.) He’s fairly thin for his height so the jacket, trousers, vest and shirt all needed some tailoring. No problem for Pepa. A few pins here and there and she was done. A week and a…
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María – Baker / Málaga, Spain
Manolo came into the store and María slipped him a couple of hard rolls. Then she scolded him for something he had said, just like a mother would. Manolo is a hoarder and he smells really bad. But María is really kind to him. She is kind to lots of people. Once she told me that there…
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My friend James / Málaga
After three weeks in the hospital my good friend James was very thin but had a full beard. His future mother-in-law brought in contraband food–bananas and steamed carrots– to augment the white rice he was receiving.James told me he was very tired and not to stay very long. Friends can say that. He survived and is…
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Enrique – Shepherd / Horcajo de la Ribera, Spain
Enrique and other men and boys from his village herded sheep ten months of the year, in Castilla León in the summer and Extremadura in the winter. In his early days they moved the sheep on foot and horseback, and later in trains and trucks. I found Enrique enjoying the sun on his daily walk outside the village, now only…
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Morning break / Junta de los Caminos, Málaga
Just outside Puerto de la Torre, where several roads come together, is a small group of houses and cafes. I parked my scooter, ordered a café con leche (un mitad doble in local speak) and sat down to enjoy the late morning air on the patio. These men didn’t arrive together, but seemed to be old friends,…
ROLAND WALTER 