Touring Petaluma, Rye Whiskey, and a Photo With My Little Cousin I was still living in...
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Motown, Fixing Haircuts and the Frailty of Life
Chronicles of a Difficult Haircut Part 3-Final (15/40) I was in Cotati, a town ten minutes away...
Tight Shorts and Swimming Against All Odds
Chronicles of a difficult haircut Part II (14/40) Photo by Trevor McKinnon on Unsplash “It is...
Celebrating New Year’s Day by the Beach
A traveling ritual between my youngest and me (8/40) Photo by author. I was in Puerto Aventuras,...
Is My Wife Right? Or Am I Right?
A Tres Amigos Inspired Debate for the Ages (7/40) After the holiday season, we had some rough days...
40 Days, 40 Stories, 40 Years
Intro to an Existential Challenge (1/40) Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash A friend of mine wrote...
The Frailty of a Landing: A dangerous time to be airborne
The airplane was one foot off the ground from the Harry Reid International Airport runway when it...
A Hispanic by Any Other Name
"Juan," the nurse in the waiting room called out. "Juan," she repeated. I was busy playing with my...
The Divine in a Scatological Nativity Scene
Me cago en la… would whisper Salvador Maté through his teeth — ruined from chain-smoking. Every...
The Time I Called My Wife Baby Beluga
The shapeless form of love Photo by Mendar Bouchali on Unsplash “Baaa-by Be-luuu-u-u-ga! Baaa-by...
Go On, Sit on His Lap!
Parenting and Surviving Christmas Parades and Santa’s Lap Photo by author. Calistoga, CA. Our...
Unequivocally Racially Ambiguous
Gummy Smiles, Big Teeth, And Racial Confusion Photo by Olenka Kotyk on Unsplash I inherited a very...
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Almost Losing a Finger to Save My Life
Life has a price and so does each body part Photo by Tamanna Rumee on Unsplash My mistake was clearly dumb. We were in the middle of the pandemic, and after getting my MasterClass subscription, I...
Spanking The Elderly Into Better Behavior
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I Chemically Straightened My Hair Because My Family Was Ashamed
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