This post is response to "The moment I felt most American" Open Call.

   Growing up in Astoria, Queens, New York City in the mid-sixties, assimilation was the name of the game. We were Cuban immigrants living in exile. We were strangers in a strange land. However, while we were the… Read full post »

This post is in response to Emily Holleman's Open Call: “Remembering the Bay of Pigs”. 

     I was too young to remember the Bay of Pigs invasion. I do know we were still in Cuba when it happened. From the stories my parents told us of that time period, I… Read full post »

This is a response to Emily's  "Spring Cleaning" Open Call. I wasn't sure what to write about until I actually started to do some spring cleaning and I ran into Hebertico, A Cold War Hero.

Hebertico a rubber toy puss 'n boots and Cold War Hero.
The felt ribbon was attached… Read full post »

I was in my last year of high school and I was working part-time for Red Apple Supermarkets in thier Ravenswoods, LIC, Queens, New York store. Ravenswoods is a district near Astoria where I grew up. Ravenswood is known for the infamous Ravenswood's Projects. A series of government-funded apartments w… Read full post »

The running shoe has recently been the best piece of technology that has changed my life for the better. I'm specifically talking about running shoes made for flat-footed, heavy heel-strikers like myself.

Three years ago, I weighed 265 lbs. I could not run at that weight, so I was left to walkin… Read full post »