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Friday, December 15, 2017
Thoughts From the Unschooling Underbelly
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I'm putting my pen down and leaving the pages blank. This will be my last post on this short-lived blog. Since my most popular pos...
Friday, September 15, 2017
All I Really Need to Know...I Learned in My Abuela's Kitchen
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The simple understated wisdom of a Mexican Abuelita must never be underestimated. An Abuela's tacit persuasive powers are hypnotic an...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
We are Self-Directed Learners and Identify Ourselves as "Schoolers"...Why?
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Salsas Tapatío and Valentina. Same roots, different branches. One Chicanx, the other Mexican. Nuance and duality at work. In a complex...
Monday, September 4, 2017
Unschoolers No More
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After eight years our family is switching gears, we are unschoolers no more. It has been a long time coming yet, we barely just noti...
Sunday, September 3, 2017
The Story of my Japanese-Mexican Cousins
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There are several of these restaurants around the city of Ensenada. They sell Japanese and Korean food and are favorites in the communit...
La Sobadora
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Chances are, regardless of lineage and social class, a Mexican family will have a sobadora or sobador they blindly trust and use...
Our Family's Favorite Evergreen Oak
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Today, after taking my Mom to run some errands around Ensenada, we stopped to visit her favorite tree. This evergreen oak, is my Mom'...
Flour Tortillas
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Tortillas de Harina are a Baja California specialty. In the past, they were preferred by most in the region over the ones made with ...
Ensenada's Fruterías
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I keep meaning to tell you about Ensenada's fruterías. If you keep your eyes open, you will spot them in unexpected parts of ...
The Californias- My Family's Earthly Womb
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Sometimes I look around and the realization hits me. The Californias, mythical lands of paradise (as their name implies), were here be...
On the Trust of the Mexican Street Vendors
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One of the many things I miss while living in the U.S. is the delicious Mexican street food, a large portion of the informal Mexican econ...
Alta California's Recycling Bin
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As I explore Ensenada's neighborhoods or just plainly go about my business in the city, I wonder...Do my friends and family in the ...
Tijuana Refugee Story
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An uplifting real life refugee story from this morning. I'm not sure if you know, but many Haitian refugees have been stuck in TJ fo...
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