The fake man

People talked to him and relied  on him. He knew how to make them feel he listened to them. He was an expert at showing real interest, though people bored him. Very frequently, what people told him was as cryptical for him as Chinese ideograms. He felt himself a fake.

A tree in ancient Panama City

It was just one tree amongst lots of them in an ancient Spanish settlement. It was probably 500 years old. That tree was huge. From lower branches, lianas reached the ground and turned into cylindrical trunks supporting the tree' s heavy branches. That Panamanian tree looked like an extraterrestrial living creature.

The "anti gadgets" man

He didn't like changes. He said he wouldn't have a color television, but he bought one. He told everybody he wouldn't get a VCR. though he eventually bought one. Later, he was against plasma screens and now he had one. At present he says he will never buy an e-book.