Brian Buckner

By Brian Buckner Don’t you hear that train a comin’, a comin’ round the bend…” Wait, wait, wait! That’s putting the caboose in front of the engine a bit now, isn’t it?! Maybe not. Regardless of your position on Cuenca’s Tranvía de los Cuatro Rios and its workforce, it is “a comin’!” The topic of...

Note: Brian Buckner is reading tonight at the Spoken Word writers’ workshop at Sunrise Cafe on Calle Larga. By Brian Buckner When I was a young fellow, at the threshold of manhood, several things were uniquely different from now. One thing that I thought cool was the manner in which some women used make-up and...

By Brian Buckner In Ecuador, the siesta is generally observed between one and three in the afternoon. However, nobody seems to really be counting. Naps, cat or otherwise, are grabbed whenever the opportunity presents itself. The indigenous peoples of Ecuador maintain an elevated work ethic.  They take much pride in their work. It’s not just...