1.I remember the promise of the mountains, the alpine summer breeze clearingour pores, the entranced look you gave me on Highway 14Remember the chip factory next to the hotel? That’s where you would’vetransferred You said all I needed to do was find a job2.I remember our first lunch, spaghetti and meatballs There was somethingpassed in... Continue Reading →
I’d read once that Salinas, the surname that graces every form of my identity,was born in the salt mines of old Spain, where many men surely perished. Myuncle Henry, though I’d call him tio, was a Salinas if there ever was one, thesalt so strong in his blood, you could almost taste it when the... Continue Reading →
Please take a stand for your red, white, and blue. Take a stand for the land ofthe greatest, land of the honest, land of the cherished liberty. Freedom for alland above all. Freedom for my sisters and brothers. Freedom to write on thispaper and freedom to stand outside the beloved White House, chanting withsigns in... Continue Reading →
She told me that she, too, had a gardenHere, in the city, and asked if I would like to see it?“Yes, where is it?,” I asked, confused.“In Defiance,” she answered,taking my hand, as I followed.She pointed out a little tuft of grass in the crack of an asphalt parking lot.Next, she showed me a strawberry plant growing between... Continue Reading →
