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True Tales from San Miguel and Other Stories

Storytelling was wonderful last night. Hosted by me and Mariana Willians Tales had the audience laughing and crying. Stories of teenage orphans and strawberry field not forever, tribulations of travel, lingual miscommunication, armed fathers, memories of mothers, childhood angels, imaginary…

A Very Merry Mushroom Christmas

Amanitas are curious mushrooms. They grow in a wide variety of locals, some in humid southern swamps under the shadows of giant ferns. Others flourish up north, rising from cold white snow like iced roses on a wedding cake. They…

Happy Ground Hog’s Day

Tuesday, the 2nd, is Candlemas day, the day on which, according to the Germans,  the Groundhog peeps out of his winter quarters and if he sees his shadow he pops back for another six weeks nap, but if the day…

God and the FBI

  Waco is remembered most for the Branch Davidian scandal. The Branch Davidians, if you don’t remember were a bunch of religious crazies. (Religious crazies… the term is repetitive. ) As for the Davidians, David Koresh was their leader. He had…

God and the FBI

Waco is remembered most for the Branch Davidian scandal. The Branch Davidians, if you don’t remember were a bunch of religious crazies. (Religious crazies… the term is repetitive. .) As for the Davidians, David Koresh was their leader. He had changed…