We know the route of the Silver...or the Silk, or the Tin, or the Gold. Everywhere, paths and maps were drawn to transport wealth from one place to another. The Romans blew up mountains and built engineering marvels that continue to amaze us centuries later. It's the same gold that Francisco Vázquez de Coronado was … Continue reading Gold Panning
Herrería, fabrica de la luz, molino de agua, martinete (Forge, power plant, water mill, hammer); words that we now only find written, names that only appear in spoken language when we approach ruins, abandoned in isolated and almost always distant places, on the margins of frequented paths or of lively towns. So distant in space … Continue reading Union, work, and perseverance
..."Animals without blood and many feet, that fly or walk, move with more than four points of support, like the animal called the ephemera [ephemeron], which moves with four legs and four wings: and, I may observe in passing, this creature is exceptional not only in terms of the duration of its existence, from which … Continue reading Siphlonurid larvae
Hierro, carbón, oro, plata, plomo, petróleo, estaño, cobre, mercurio, wolframio… ahora litio y coltán… la minería ha sido la clave para del desarrollo de todas las civilizaciones, el nacimiento de las grandes fortunas y el secreto de todos nuestros inventos. Pero las minas, a cielo abierto o en galería, han sido y son las formas … Continue reading Mine “La Constante”
Who says there are no aliens, Martians, beings from a science fiction movie in this world? You just have to look at a crab with childlike eyes. The trilobites, those giant bugs that populated our marine world millions of years ago, seem closer and more familiar to me than any living crab. In Boston, they … Continue reading Crab stew
Any outing into the open air is a way of escape. After the hunt, we contemplate the fruits of our stalking. The celestial events and forest floor bestowed some sun-colored delights upon us. In childhood stories, forests are places of mystery and discovery. Adults warn about wild beasts and witches, darkness and pain. Some enter … Continue reading Amanitas caesarean sections of the eighth day
Few people know that the infinite and rich North American prairies in which millions of bison grazed are the result of forest fires carried out by the first humans who arrived in those lands. Those steppes, the vast expanses of rich grass, were a paradise for bison, in which they proliferated like never before, and … Continue reading Birds in agroecosystems
We venture into the section of "Las Tres Taifas", one of the most special stages of the Camino del Cid, which runs through the provinces of Zaragoza, Guadalajara, and Teruel. Its cultural, historical, and natural richness invites us to get lost in its fields and landscapes, and remember the route followed by El Campeador in … Continue reading Through the lands of Molina de Aragón
Leisure today could be vaguely defined as a meaning of what the Romans called "otium": the time in which a person can, among other activities, enjoy eating, drinking, playing, contemplating, or resting. Following the trajectory of this Roman concept inherited from Greek culture, otium could also have intellectual, virtuous, or immoral implications. But it is … Continue reading Leisure in the countryside
We have been collecting minerals since the beginning of time. Their rarity, color, and orderly symmetries of their crystals made them magical, mysterious, and divine. Today, above the industrial usefulness of minerals, we continue to treasure them. They have not lost their value in summoning astonishment when we realize the time behind their peculiar forms … Continue reading Stone Roses
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