The mother of a dying baby writes him a love letter.

Two groups of Pilgrims meet in Madrid.

Tyler McMahon attempts to take a balanced look at bullfighting.

Tyler Stoddard Smith reflects on a particularly depraved basketball game with the Latter-Day Saints in Madrid, the nature of killing, and an old friend.

Tyler Stoddard Smith learns the hard way that walking around in a bad part of town wearing the ignominious white belt of the Tae-kwon-do novice will often lead to trouble and blood.

José de Sousa Saramago, Nobel-winning Portuguese author of the novel “Blindness”, et al., died today at the age of 87 in Las Palmas, Spain.

Ryan Day always fears the kissing scenes.

Ryan Day is only beating this horse because it refuses to die.

After a brilliant night of friends and drinking, Thomas ambled home through an alley off of the infamous Gran Via. A pleasant stumble was cut short as a poor man beggin him for change, already desparate, became a would-be mugger. Broken Spanish led to broken nerves and a reflection on what it means to lose one’s naivety.