Posted by on Sep 14, 2010 in Homeland Security, The American Southwest | 0 comments

Border Crimes Bolstered by American Federal Agent

Border Crimes Bolstered by American Federal Agent
Former Customs agent Martha Garnica was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for helping drug dealers bring marijuana, guns and money into the United States.
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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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