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Passing the Torch…I mean the Tamale
These may look like traditional Mexican tamales but in fact, they’re a pair of torches. Torches, as in the symbolic passing of a tradition from one generation to the next. I grew up in a Mexican-American culture where the art … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Family, Personal
Tagged Holiday traditions, Mexican-American culture, Tamales
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What Do We Really Know?
I recently read Susan Casey’s book The Wave, wherein each chapter begins with a quote. One in particular, from the iconoclastic writer H.L. Mencken, really caught my attention: Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the unknowable. But there it sits nevertheless, … Continue reading
John Brown Went Off to War
It was October 1962 and although I was only nine years old, I vivdly remember (emotionally) the dark cloud of potential destruction that hung over our lives in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis. What was to become one of the defining events … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Musings on Life, Personal
Tagged bob dylan, Cultural, john brown, war
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A Matter of Perspective
This is my 151st post in 50 months of blogging. While I certainly wouldn’t call that prolific (I have a friend who maintains a daily blog), averaging 3 posts a month has to at least qualify me as persistent. Having … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Musings on Life
Tagged Cornerstone Church of San Francisco, Haiti, Wall Street
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Of Gods and Men
I love film and certain aspects of television as art forms and because they can, at times, reflect and/or define our culture. In that regard, I’ve been enjoying a recent documentary series broadcast on PBS: America in Primetime. The series reflects upon television and its role in … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Personal, Spiritual
Tagged Films about religious faith, Of Gods and Men
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Preconceived Notions
I’m writing today from beautiful Tulum, Mexico – about 130 km south of Cancun along Mexico’s Caribbean coast. We decided to vacation here because it’s one of the remaining “unspoiled” coastal regions of Mexico that has a few amenities (like … Continue reading
I Know What’s Best for You
At times, San Francisco can be a strange and frustrating place to live…but not for the reasons one might normally think of. It’s a place that prides itself on tolerance, which in this city is just another way of saying ”anything goes”. This local cultural … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, San Francisco
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