Key, from key...
posted 9 days ago, updated about 2 hours later and has 4 comments
Here in the West Texas town where I currently live, we address our friends in a familiar and loving way. It’s usually, “mi corazon’ (my heart) or ‘mi careno’ (my caring one) or ‘mi amor’ (my love) but it is not meant as a romantic love greeting, i...
San Elizario: the chickens, mission, & roosters
posted 13 days ago, updated 44 minutes later and has 3 comments
Wednesdays are my traveling days. I travel to the two most outlying clinics from the city...Westway and San Elizario.
San Elizario is a poor farming community but it is rich in culture and history.
A bit of background: the town was established in...
San Elizario is a poor farming community but it is rich in culture and history.
A bit of background: the town was established in...
be a gypsy dancer...
posted 16 days ago, updated about 3 hours later and has 3 comments
Today was a day of hard labor which included ants being blown up in the air and all over my body from my lawn mower whacking away at their hidden colony in the grass that I have been putting off mowing for weeks and an extension cord going getting...
"Musical madman to maul Plaza audiences"
posted 21 days ago, updated about 1 hour later and has 7 comments
That's what the local free paper said about Tom Waits' upcoming concert June 20th at the Plaza theatre.
I first heard Tom Waits in 1976 or maybe it was 1977…I just remember my first daughter was a wobbly little thing on her feet when a friend gav...
I first heard Tom Waits in 1976 or maybe it was 1977…I just remember my first daughter was a wobbly little thing on her feet when a friend gav...
Hey Daddy-O...
posted 25 days ago, updated 22 minutes later and has 1 comment
I wasn’t going to write anything for Father’s Day cause I have pretty much said how I felt and still feel about my dad before…but he always seems to reach out and bring out a memory. It's just like him.
The other morning I was at a friend’s house...
The other morning I was at a friend’s house...
carnival nights
posted about 1 month ago, updated about 2 hours later and has 4 comments
When I was as a kid in California I remember the carnivals springing up throughout the summer. Trucks unloaded and rides, tents and booths were set up for a few days, bright colors were everywhere and then as quickly as they arrived they were brok...
What about Karma?
posted about 1 month ago, updated about 1 hour later and has 2 comments
So what about Karma?
What happens when a little girl who has had a pretty tough year all around winds up the end of her school year?
This little girl is pretty special, albeit I am her mamma and I am a little biased, but truly she is.
She is sw...
What happens when a little girl who has had a pretty tough year all around winds up the end of her school year?
This little girl is pretty special, albeit I am her mamma and I am a little biased, but truly she is.
She is sw...
where the eyes are concerned...
posted about 1 month ago, updated about 1 hour later and has 4 comments
A long time ago I read something about how we have one eye of our mother and one eye of our father.
I don’t remember which was which though.
And I don’t remember the details; I am really bad about remembering details…I tend to remember only the wh...
I don’t remember which was which though.
And I don’t remember the details; I am really bad about remembering details…I tend to remember only the wh...
Things are heating up ...
posted about 1 month ago, updated about 1 hour later and has 4 comments
It’s heating up and a stones throw away from us in El Paso, it’s heating up in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico.
For us living in this border city, Juarez gives the impression of a sleepy and unassuming city.
I would think nothing of going over the border w...
For us living in this border city, Juarez gives the impression of a sleepy and unassuming city.
I would think nothing of going over the border w...
"doesn't it cool off in the desert at night?"
posted about 1 month ago, updated about 2 hours later and has 0 comments
How this started I don’t recall.
Really simple stuff but it got me through.
As a kid I would think back on the day and try to remember one good thing that happened to me. Some days were tougher than others depending on the year but I would think b...
Really simple stuff but it got me through.
As a kid I would think back on the day and try to remember one good thing that happened to me. Some days were tougher than others depending on the year but I would think b...
