Growing up in an agricultural center, I knew white people who liked to make offensive generalizations about the Mexican-Americans who worked the fields and were (so I was told) taking over the town. But I also lived and went to school among said Mexican-Americans, and they seemed like regular people with some differences of culture […]
Stella Louise, internet starlet
The cat’s a bigger deal than I am, and don’t think she lets me forget it. Back in my compulsively-photographing-and-videoing-everything-so-I-won’t-have-to-participate phase, I noticed that I had two clips of family cats making odd noises. The first was my brother’s cat asking to be let outside. The other was my Mom’s cat, Stella, making a kind […]
Trader Joe’s
If you’re heading to Trader Joe’s, go the first hour after they open or the last hour before they close. Any other time is asking for trouble. During one ill-timed visit to pick up a few things, I glided in and cut an immediate right into the produce area. Even at Trader Joe’s, this section […]
Pumpkin Pancakash Polka
pan·cak·ash (pan-kok-uzh) When I run “pancakes” through an online translator, the Portuguese word it comes back with is “panquecas.” My full-blooded Portuguese grandma says the old folks she knew used to call them “pan-koksh.” Come to think of it, that might just be the regular English word muttered through a mouthful of linguiça. Anyway, I […]
Shame of creativity
On why it took several years to get this site launched, and why having an online creative hub is of particular importance to me. Thanks for being here. Santa Cruz County might sound exotic and bohemian to people who think the drags down Pacific Avenue and Ocean Street to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk are the whole thing. […]
Campus cafe, circa 2006
“Is that your coffee back there? What’s it like?” “What’s it like? I’m not sure I understand. It’s coffee.” “Yeah, but aren’t there different kinds? See, the one pot says Italian Roast and the other says French Roast.” “Oh, yeah. We have Italian and French roasts.” “But what are they like? What’s the difference between […]
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