When I first came to the U.S. as a “cultural ambassador”, my first class was Introduction to American Life. In it, I was taught that “how are you?” actually means “hi” and that people asking may have no interest in Continue reading
It’s past 8 p.m. CST and the “Rapture” predicted by Harold Camping and much publicized by the media in recent days has not happened. Wait, it could have happened at 6 p.m. PST! Did California go down with a 9.0 Continue reading
Yesterday morning, I was driving home from running errands when I noticed the daytime moon… a sight I’d never seen before. As I stared at it and eventually took photos, I was wondering if the moon was trying to tell Continue reading
I miss Rick. That other people have bothered to google the keywords “Where’s Rick Sanchez?” lets me know I’m not alone. The longtime TV anchor fired from CNN after calling John Stewart a “bigot” in October 2010 might have been Continue reading
Here are some recent reflections I made about ambitions and their role in our lives. Hopefully soon, I will sit down and write about the stories that inspired these reflections. We get in trouble when our ambitions begin to override Continue reading
Cerré los ojos y al abrirlos encontré tu sonrisa; y al tomarme de mano me guiabas en un círculo de danzas en el pasto de esa pequeña loma en la cual, sólo minutos antes, las vacas comían en tranquilidad. Respiré Continue reading
And how are you today my darling?! She’d brighten my Monday mornings with her constant cheerfulness. Sometimes I’d go to Safeway to get my coffee and croissant hoping she’d be around, tending the express checkout counter… and she usually was. Continue reading
Spanish version “El viejo y la pipa“. I bought an outfit for an event I’m not going to attend I keep waiting for someone who never said “I’ll come back” Keep peeling so someone else can suck Keep sharpening and Continue reading
The silence is deafening; the pause, lasting. Thoughts starving in a fruitless brain, exhausted… dragging toward each other, only to die before they fuse into coherence. There’s nothing to say, no tears to shed; no one to blame, nothing to Continue reading
After five months of having family over, my husband and I are finally alone with our newborn daughter. You’d think I’d be exclusively preoccupied with her care, but instead, I find myself worrying about other rather mundane things, namely: Michael Continue reading
La siguiente historia la encontré en un blog. No es precisamente lo que andaba buscando, pero me dió oportunidad para reflexionar… aún así, se aceptan sugerencias. Oportunidad – Cómo envenenar a su suegra? Hace mucho tiempo, una joven China llamada Continue reading
Filters are generally considered good: we filter the water we drink, ‘real’ email from junk, etc; but when it comes to relationships there’s a certain double standard. In theory, we are expected to be ourselves in our relationships (namely, honest, Continue reading
I found this really useful: How to Clean a Microwave – wikiHow Fill a microwave safe glass or bowl half way with water with a tablespoon of white vinegar and place inside the microwave. Turn on for 5 minutes. The Continue reading
You uprooted me from my clay pot in which I had grown comfortable and beautiful. You took me home on your SUV where I lost a few leaves and some glamour. On your patio I hung out for a good Continue reading
It occurs to me that I’ve heard that beat before no, it wasn’t Jack Johnson it was supposed to be an original if you don’t know, then I won’t tell you no, i won’t You could have said something I Continue reading
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