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Yes, I am angry…

As a writer, I often have to perform and speak at various venues. One such venue had my speaking on the topic: what motivates you as a writer? The format was set up as a conversation between a poet, Jason… Continue Reading →

Thank God for my Dream-maker

Really, God wants our dreams to come true.  The however is that, like me, people are too dumb to listen to what God says.  God, in his infinite power and wisdom, knew that with the fall from grace, humanity would… Continue Reading →

A story of good in the world

The smoke hung over the dining room like a slow moving thunder head.  And there was a storm brewing, though I was unaware of its signals.  I sipped my tea, enraptured as I was with my pretty wife.  Nothing else… Continue Reading →

Tell Your Story!!

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you” — Maya Angelou The first time I read those particular words from Ms. Angelou, I knew exactly what she meant.  Too many people live as though their… Continue Reading →

Free gift of gratitude: Download Journey to Aztlan free today and tomorrow

I love to write.  Putting words together in such a way as to build a coherent thought to share with others is the great mission of my life.  When my fingers bang away at a keyboard, nothing else matters and… Continue Reading →

Maybe God was lonely?

I think that God must’ve been a lonely or bored energy being.  Why else would he/she decide to go off creating everything we know?  What, exactly was the motivation for creating something as complex as life as we know it? … Continue Reading →

How a Commodore 64 saved a Chicano Kid

It was late on a Saturday night; maybe two or three in the morning when I awoke to the sound of toes tipping across my carpet. I was twelve and scared to death. Still, I listened to the shuffling going… Continue Reading →

Patience seems like a superhuman skill

I’ve come to think that having patience is a superhuman skill.  Really, it seems impossible to stand down and be “patient.”  I looked up the definition of patience: “The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting… Continue Reading →

Audio Excerpt — Journey to Aztlan: The Maroma Story

Please enjoy Chapter 3, October 1977 from Journey to Aztlan.  This chapter has become known as “The Maroma/Somersault” story because when I was in first grade, I got “sick” because I didn’t know how to do a somersault, but came… Continue Reading →

Chicanos are, in fact, human

It can seem strange that I write about addiction and depression; as well as, writing and music and computers.  The thing is that, to me, they’re all part of the same thing: My identity.  This identity of mine is how… Continue Reading →

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