Esperanza’s Entangled Love
Love. Esperanza walked to the back of the fully bloomed and now entangled garden. It was where she knew she could always find the pulse of love. The sounds of late summer surrounded her, but all she could hear was [...]
Moros y Cristianos and an Entangled History
1 Tb olive oil 2 garlic cloves 2 c enriched long-grain white rice 2 c water 2 c black bean soup Salt to taste Lemon slices for garnish Strain the black bean soup to separate the liquid and beans. In [...]
The Entangled Rose Garden
The Rose Garden is a place of enchantment that lay across the street from where I lived in Northern California. Sunny Hollow is not the town I grew up in, but The Rose Garden is the same place that served [...]
Eve’s All Entangled Up in Africa
For Eve, Africa is still the embodiment of life. Before Jerome, she returned to Africa time and again because she needed to be needed and she needed to forget. The mother continent, it was a web of life that reminded [...]
Claiming the “Sea Voyage”
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. — Rabindranath Tagore No voyage can be begun without embracing risk. Photo by Dustin Haney on Unsplash
Contemplating Awareness
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. - Aristotle In seeking truth beyond that expounded outside of oneself, the slow unwinding of awareness is progress towards a life well-lived. [...]
The Borderlands of Biracialism
'You can choose now. You can be black and white. Biracialism is a 'thing.' I barely heard the young woman's words. They were like an echo. And that is how I came to call Mariah. I needed to hear her say [...]
Immigration and Other Thoughts on Being American
It is Mother's Day and I am grateful that I can celebrate it. That I am allowed to utter my gratitude. And that is the reason I decided to write today. I hope you will forgive me for stepping into [...]