EDITOR’S NOTE

Today's SLR starts with the story of a woman who became a mother, fell into being a maid, all in the hope of being…a woman. Then we have the discovery of spices in the air and beauty everywhere, checking off items on the bucket list. We end with a pair of poems about love-to-be and love-that-is-lost. Today's SLR is, in short, a mere glance at life. As Pedro Calderon de la Barca put it: 

"What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams."

Munize Manzur 
Editor