One of the things I love most about travel is architecture. Now, I understand that sounds rather abstract. I love trying to understand how building structure mirrors the values of the particular society in which they are located. Many years ago, along with art history lasses, I took […]
Clad in a tuxedo he whizzed by me Then dressed in a black and white zoot suit He wanted to tap my shoulder But instead he sang into my ear I opened the door He snuck out behind me Playing hide and go seek with my fears He […]
I just moved into a new skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles. Many of the other buildings around my new digs are new as well. However, there were buildings here before. There were warehouses and factories, for example. There are still many warehouses and factories in Los […]
New Orleans is her hometown. Her life. Her energy. She loved to dance to jazz in the clubs that had just a $2 cover. The tourists didn’t know about those places nor would they have the courage to go to those. Well, some had the liquid […]
It started off with a smell. An odor. A sense of deja vu. I recognized that smell but couldn’t quite place it. I looked around walking up to the meters. It was a basement afterall and there could be a gas leak or other odd event. It is […]
Hop on Pop no more and other weird, wacky stories of people getting out of sticky situations It’s been a long week. A long weekend in that I spent four hours shopping for a dress to only come home and find the perfect one (brand new […]
My mom 100% unabashedly believed in ghosts. I thus grew up with ghosts in my corner, or so that is where I placed them. It may be that nobody outs baby in the corner, but ghosts they readily belong therein. My son, until about the age of four, […]
I believe in ghosts. I also believe that mental states are probably not separable from physical states. There indeed are ghosts in the machine. I just didn’t think they would exist in my machine. Better yet, my phone and computer. I just recently got a new phone. Before […]
Lately, my left hand has been itching like crazy. I’m right handed, and I make it a point to stay out of the garden (ruling out poison ivy). Besides, anybody who grew up in a poor Puerto Rican household knows that itchy hands are a supernatural signal that […]
It is 3am and I just cannot fall back asleep. It could be the immense jet-lag that I feel. It also could be that I came to the sad realization that summer is almost over. Well, it is half way done and I guess I am a glass […]