If you don't know how to be alone, I recommend learning. You just may find that you are wonderful company.
The characters not in the books
I've been spending A LOT of time at my neighborhood library. I thought I would hate it, but I am finding that I enjoy it. It seems like every time I'm here, I see something different. Last week, it was the lady who sat at the table next to me, leaned to her right and … Continue reading The characters not in the books
Life in the blogosphere
I want to sit at the cool kids table. No, not that table, I’m 20+ years past that table. I mean I want to sit with the cool kids in the blogosphere. The problem is that I’m not sure what to bring to the table that would make them like me, after all I’m … Continue reading Life in the blogosphere
Whip my hair (or whatever else I want to do with it)
Last week I read an article in the New York Times titled "Why Can't Middle-Aged Women Have Long Hair?" While at 39 I'm not middle-aged (when does middle age start anyway?)it did make me think, "Am I too old for my hair?" My own hair is as long, it not longer (it's just about two … Continue reading Whip my hair (or whatever else I want to do with it)
My mother, my mirror
Lining the wall of my mom’s hallway are family photos. One of those photos is of me; I think I was 20 or 21 when I took it. The roll of film was on its last picture and I pointed the camera at my face and clicked. It’s an awful picture, so when I saw … Continue reading My mother, my mirror
Confession time…
I just wrote a blog for Being Latino titled La anti-Latina. A humorous (?) look at my struggles as the 'atypical' Latina. Not hours after it posted I saw that a childhood friend (now acquaintance) changed her profile picture on Facebook. It's a beautiful photo meant to show off her, obviously, late-stage pregnancy. She's older … Continue reading Confession time…
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