Campos, Raquel Field Notes Interview Transcription with Anonymous Male Raquel: “What was life like growing up in a rural area that was not too far from San Luis Potosi? What memories do you recall the

Campos, Raquel Field Notes Interview Spanish to English Transcription with Anonymous Female Raquel: “Thank you, for allowing me to interview you today. My first question is based on the little background

Hello Steemians, I am posting these notes for you because it will greatly aid and help understand my upcoming Steemit post in regards to an Ethnography I did of a rural or isolated villager's life growing

English was my second language. Naturally in college I had to take a reading class for reading college textbooks. It was very helpful. I compiled a list from my textbook of the vocabulary words I enjoyed

The assimilation model is where Smith and Trinkus argue that modern humans expanded out of Africa. Interbreeding between premodern humans and modern humans was a small 1 – 4% and localized to regional

Coining July The picture above is the picture I took after I woke up from the hard day in Summer of 2012. Summer is bombing every part of the city. This year I’m eighteen and living on my own with my

If I have to be louder than a whisper, I hope my dreams teach me the words I’ll need to practice, so I can reach the terminal of his lips. I don’t want to cut, push, or fight off those in line ahead of

He whispered soft sweet hellos that in the trees below the birds awoke to join him in his song. It was still too dim to fully witness the sight, but I know a scene similar to this one is what birthed Mona

His ghost weight rests in my arms. I try to carry him, but he’s a journey of summer winds slowly twisting their way into fall. No amount of I need him I need him I need him chanting will allow me to keep

Force love sonnets out of my lips. Make me feel at bliss because somehow love still exists. Treat me like a child have my imagination run wild. Tell me fairy tales or any mediocre lie. Don’t let my hope

Dear Friend, The simple purity of white rice can be forgotten and left in the absence of appreciation. Rice a side that can be disregarded by the unsuspecting eye. However, it is such a marvelous grain

for 9/25/12 & 5/4/14 (My son my daughter) Healing from grief is not dependent on the passing of time. Time is not a variable linked to mourning. As time passes there isn’t an assured promise of a positive

For my Husband My love, you are ocean washed birthed near the clamor of seashells being carried by a riot of reverent fear. They will color your skin sea salt pink, toss shades in you mimicking what Pangea

Simple Summer Chicken Servings: 4 Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes Inspired by the protein, strawberries, and tomatoes provided on July 30, 2017 by Hands Up Jewish Youth Food Pantry, and Coastal

Self-Portrait of Myself (When I was 19) I was in front of the mirror naked last night Continents once named thigh gap, A-cup breast, flat stomach have sunk. New ones have taken their place. Stretchmarks,

Mother, I saw your face in the freckles of my bedroom wall. Moonbeams don't warm me but this silence does. I remember your eyes broken honey combs, and tu miel dripping out of pupils when you missed my

He says my eye color is off. I don't say a word. I know it's a drunken slip slurred. He begins to siphon out the brown in them. I want to stop him but I let him keep viewing me through a set of past life

I walk nude. Breast bounce. Nipples perk from chill. I close the door behind. Open tattered shower curtains. I pull up from inside the drain hairs. The only thing you left behind. I slap them against the

My name is Raquel and I'm a military spouse to an active enlisted service member. I'm currently residing in Oceanside, CA. Prior to moving from Los Angeles County; I had an active literary life editing,