Today’s post is a very special one for me! My writing often takes me back to a different time and place – one where life was always a little calmer, a little more independent, a lot simpler, and just the right dose of cultura and orgullo. That place, for me, […]
Month: October 2011
The Immigrant Advantage: An Inspirational Slice of American Culture -Book Review
A couple months ago I got the email. It was author Claudia Kolker and she wanted to get together to catch up and talk. We did, and what she had to tell me in that very fast and furious lunch was just as exciting as the book that would eventually […]
My Almost Big Fat Mexican Wedding…
We never actually had a wedding. We sort of talked about it, and talked about it some more, and then finally opted for the low key exchange of nuptials instead. I mean we literally just showed up at a retired judge’s home in a nearby little town one day and […]
Burla: The Act of Laughing at Oneself… and Others
There’s a time to play. And there’s a time to stop. That line you cross when you’re no longer laughing with someone, but laughing at them. When it stops being funny, and turns into something kind of offensive. Now, tampoco soy nigún santo, so my philosophy has always been that […]
Growing Up, Growing Old, and Holding On to the ‘Niño Terco’
Get up. Get ready. And go. That’s the way we always lived life. Never having any time to really stand still, at attention, free, just to enjoy the moment. Other than when we lived in the Rio Grande Valley, and that was just for a couple of years in between […]
Just Another Manic Monday…
What do you do when you wake up on the wrong side of the bed? You’re mad, you’re in a terrible mood, and you’re just not feeling another new day… otra semana más. That’s precisely my situation this lunes. Not for any particular reason. Just because. So, borrowing from the […]
Father to Son: A Birthday Wish for Today …and Tomorrow
Today Edgar is nine! One year away from 10 and way too many more years than we have actually felt go by. Por más que me pongo a pensar, the truth is it escapes me where all the time actually went. He’s no longer just a kid, one who’s […]
Donde Cabe Uno, Caben Dos: Life Lessons for Adult Children
Donde cabe un mexicano caben cien. That was the variation of this popular dicho we grew up with. I think in actually it’s supposed to go something like this: donde cabe uno, caben dos. This weekend while we were working on the house we all lived in for nine years […]