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Opinion
A Loogie On Your Face
On Issues of Form, Content and Feedback Fernando Londono was addressing Colombia’s congress when a...
Under the shade of coconut trees
I bought happiness at a farmer's market in Kauai for seven dollars. It only lasted a few minutes —...
My Near-Death Experience
Taking stock of what’s important I almost died last week. We all have near-death experiences and...
The Space Between a Cough and Compassion
During the pandemic, I flew back to the Bay Area, and I sat next to a woman with a terrible and...
The Refuge of Thirst, Exhaustion and Laughter
A prayer all Colombians know I was probably never as cool as when I dated Isabella — a divorced...
Bathrooms for All… Except for Babies
In California, we have bathrooms designed to help people with physical disabilities. It is weird...
The Upper-Cut of Hate
My wife and I were one of those freaks that use to go Disney without kids. One time we were...
That Night Before St. Patrick’s Day in Downtown Petaluma
A few months before my wedding, my wife’s cousins arranged for a limo bus to pick 25 of us up on...
Duck Dynasty and Dancing with the Stars
Open your beak or we are all cooked Downtown Petaluma, California. Photo by author....
Parenting Advice From Pick-Up Artists
I’m a clingy father. I feel it every day. I see my daughter and my heart quickly fills with love....
Peanut Butter Breath
What did you just eat? Is that peanut butter in your breath? My wife asked me clearly annoyed at...
Recent Articles
A Latino in an Ascot Drinking Hot Cocoa
The makings of a friendship and a coffee shop during the pandemic View from Grand Central Coffee Shop. Petaluma, CA. Photo by author. No Latino in the history of humanity has ever pulled an ascot....
A Plate of Red Bean Soup and My Parents’ Animosity Towards Each Other
The Hardest Conversation I Had Before Moving to the States Photo by Inside Weather on Unsplash When I was growing up in Colombia, it wasn’t unusual to eat beans and find rocks in them. Back then,...
A Gun in the Bum, a Bomb on a Horse and a Colombian Prayer
The Refuge of Thirst, Exhaustion and Laughter During Uncertain Times Photo by Anette Bratteberg on Unsplash I was probably never as cool as when I dated Isabella — a divorced journalist with tattoos...