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Vol. VI · September 2026

Travel: A Bowl of Rice by J. Ré Crivello

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The bowl of rice can be white or take on the color of paella. It might be delivered to your table on a weekday as a side dish, or it might be served with onions fried in oil.

Nothing will change if you give that smile you gave the waiter, whether polite or, at other times, distant. On the Moon—when we live there, they’ll plant rice on the rolling hills from which you can see Earth—if they figure out how to get water there. And… on Mars, perhaps the rice will be dry and without pedigree, and maybe you’ll share it with some alien from the third level of the Andromeda Galaxy, who’s just passing through and smells of salt.

But if we push our grudge against this wonderful food brought from the Asian bubble a little further, we could also serve it on low-cost flights, as a complement to the dry sleep we take in the second hour before disembarking at an airport 100 km from where they’re waiting for us. Who? Well, they, the powerful owners of music (or love). All that will be left for us is to buy a postcard, put a stamp on it, and write:

“I was here and I remember you. Kisses.”

Note: By 2050, there will be no more postcards. We will instruct AI to create them and have them appear on the social media of our family and friends.

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6 respuestas a «Travel: A Bowl of Rice by J. Ré Crivello»

  1. Avatar de robertawrites235681907

    I like rice and am always happy to eat it. Some interesting ideas here. I think postcards are already less common. I’ve never received one or sent one.

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    1. Avatar de j re crivello

      Hi Robbie, yes, we eat a lot of rice at home, apart from the classic paella (we often make it with vegetables, and it’s very healthy). The text contains many ideas for the future. By the way, if you’d like, I can send you my home address, and you can send me a postcard and your address, and I’ll send you a postcard from here. It’s a way to reminisce about old times. Regards, Juan

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      1. Avatar de robertawrites235681907

        Hi Juan, I love paella. If you have a good recipe please share it and I’ll use it in my read and cook post. I will email you.

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    2. Avatar de j re crivello

      The address will be sent privately via email…

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      1. Avatar de robertawrites235681907

        Yes, of course 🙏

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  2. Avatar de j re crivello

    Ok, regards

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