Left Alone and an Eulogy
It has been nearly two weeks since Grandma died yet I could swear that there has been a space of two months between tonight and November 18th. The funeral service and burial were last Saturday and the last of family from out of town left on Sunday. It was a long [...]
In Honor of Grandma
Today I’m reposting a blog that I wrote after Grandma’s 83rd birthday celebration last year in addition to her obituary. Family has been trickling in and it is wonderful to be surrounded by the Martinez clan again…which will be near a hundred by the end of the week. Thank you all for [...]
Whitish Brownish People and Political Correctness
I thought about critiquing an article I read today about how not to raise a serial killer, but the discussion that I had with Maia last night was much more interesting. It was all about how not to say nice things about whole groups of people because it makes people angry. This [...]
Lightening Eyes
It’s amazing what your mind is willing to both contrive and accept when you are away from home. Chris wanted to blog this story, but alas, I am no longer connected to my husband’s 360 blog or anyone else’s for that matter. So I thought I’d blog it myself.
It was our second night in Mexico [...]
Chichen Itza – The Wizard’s Mouth of the Well
The promise of hot wet sand between my toes was tantalizing, but not nearly as tantalizing as seeing the ancient Maya ruins at Chichen Itza. Chichen Itza was recently named one of the new Seven Wonders of the World and lives up to the hype in every sense of the word. [...]
Sometime there but mostly here
Here: You seem to fit here alright. It was never a matter of birthright, purpose, preconceived notions or expectations. It was all about your own limitations and ability to rise above conformity and create a new space all of your own. Fill that space. live in it. own it.
There: You no [...]