Posted by on Oct 30, 2009 in Albuquerque, Self-identity, The American Southwest | 0 comments

Hispanic Youth Symposium 2009 — Hispanic College Fund

Video cour­tesy of Stina Augustsson. Work­ing at South Val­ley Acad­emy as their Col­lege Coun­selor dur­ing the 2008–2009 school year was a gal­va­niz­ing expe­ri­ence. It forced me to bring into focus the strug­gles I endured in rela­tion to com­plet­ing my post-high school...
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Posted by on Oct 10, 2009 in Albuquerque | 0 comments

Infrastructure fractures

Infrastructure fractures
Cruis­ing west on Cen­tral, past Coors, is never going to be the same again. I’ve watched it change, pas­sive eyes scan­ning the long, brown flats chock full of weeds green or brown as the sea­sons changed, from 5th grade through…well…now. Granted, I’m the pas­sen­ger less often, and...
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Posted by on Sep 24, 2009 in The American Southwest | 0 comments

I grew up like a

wild west weed wan­der­ing tall and round, spiky. dried and hol­low, drifting. shot out of loose sand home, dull fibrous bit­ter green. raises a stink when torn. sun dries to a hard snap pro­tec­tive, razor lances. scrape skin, embed in nap Lots, gar­dens, street edges squeeze, wrenched brown dry...
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Posted by on Sep 10, 2009 in Albuquerque, Local Flavor | 1 comment

New Mexico Wine Festival 2009 – Sunday, September 6, 2009

New Mexico Wine Festival 2009 – Sunday, September 6, 2009
A Rag­ing Suc­cess cur­ing Social Amne­sia Com­ing where I come from, it’s not out­side the rea­son­able to pre­pare for just about any­thing when you decide to go to a large gath­er­ing of any sort. Years of state fairs, char­ity events, mas­sive out­door con­certs and other assorted...
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