#chicana

Restraint Something about grinding gravel with back teeth will piss a man off, as he tongues around words that never bounce off naturally from his lips. Do not force him to do anything at this point. Remember

Mi suspiro es suave, muy suevecito como un viento tranquilo. Mis pulmones se siente como si pies estan caminando sobre un huevito fragil que todavia no estaba listo para quebrase. Mi sonrisa despues que

With Hunger Jesus asked me to present to him the person I love most. I showed him my mother. I told him how she's playing God's substitute while God is gone. I told Jesus how my mother broke loaves of

If No Saint Appears In the crack of the egg, olive oil’s stir, and the sizzle in frying, there’s a symphony composing itself. Add a touch of basil when it’s almost at the end of its song. Heat up tortillas.

Barrio to Barrio, Conchas y Churros En La Mano Father’s hands had the chance to learn how to roll out dough and make conchas, cuernitos, y cochinitos de pan. He could have birthed a passion for stirring

Bastardo de Guadalajara Every time I scrapped my knees, had boohoo eyes and fevers I would receive my father’s verbal lashings: You’re weak. Stop crying. Do not come to me. Run off to your mother. Your

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