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Category Archives: Ancestry
Doña Margarita
Here’s a “Kodak moment” with me and my grandma back in 1948. Her name was Margarita Ledesma. All my life she looked the same. She never changed. I have a picture of her when she was a young lady, … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestry, autobiography, Family History, Oxnard
Tagged California, family, Oxnard
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Prologue of the Fairies
They are here, right now. They are among us, and all about us, the fairies. They hear our thoughts and the beatings of our hearts. And in our deepest sleep they dance inside our dreams and dust our days … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestry, Fairy Tale, Family History
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Sunset
Did you know? Did you really know? That the last time That you saw me was the last time you saw me? Did you know that The last thing I saw was your tail lights glowing red through the … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestry, autobiography, Family History, growing old, heart breaks, poetry
Tagged death, family
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Mi Tía
It was one of our family gatherings. “Visiting” is not quite the right word since we spent so much of our time there anyways. It was probably a funeral, since that is what usually brought the family together. I was … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestry, autobiography, Family Reunion, Oxnard, Spanish
Tagged family, growing up, motherhood
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Dust of the Moon
“My name is Carlos Leonardo Nájera de Madrid.” This is how my father begins his life story. I am not sure when he started writing. It might’ve been in the 1960s or 70s. But I remember seeing him many nights … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestry, autobiography, California History, Colorado River, Family History, halloween, heart breaks, Mexicali, Oxnard, paper boys
Tagged bullies, California, family, growing up, Public Education, School, water
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Nena
All my father’s life, that is to say, ever if since I was born, my father would joke about a little fairy that followed him around. Through the years he had a porcelain figure of Walt Disney’s Tinkerbell on his … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestry, autobiography, Columbus, Fairy Tale, heart breaks
Tagged family, The New World
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Frank and Henry by Carlos Najera
Back in 1953 my brothers Frank and Henry Olivas were at a local beer joint here in Oxnard. They met a woman there who was visiting from out of town. She drove a brand-new Cadillac convertible. The rest of … Continue reading
Don Adolfo
October 29, 1864 – December 10, 1958) Don Adolfo Camarillo was a successful rancher, farmer, horse breeder, business man, philanthropist. I wrote about his famous white horses a while ago. He was among the first in the Valley to … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestry, autobiography, California History, Family History, Oxnard
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Day One
Is this how it begins? My story? Seven pounds, thirteen ounces, two feet, ten toes, on Thanksgiving Day in 1947? On that day I became the second son and fourth child of Carlos and Christina Nájera when my soul … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestry, autobiography, California History, Family History, Oxnard
Tagged family
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Nena the Fairy Part III
Preface Christopher Columbus was the Admiral of the Ocean Sea. That title was bestowed upon him by the Most Serene Catholic Majesties, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabela, upon the return of his first voyage. He retained the title … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestry, autobiography, Columbus, Fairy Tale, Family History
Tagged The New World
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