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Category Archives: autobiography
Thinking About Judy
Judy was a match made in heaven. She was thirteen years old and I was twenty. I got a job in the summer of 1968 as a camp counselor for the City of San Jose. It was the first year … Continue reading
The Songbirds (a Fourth Grade Adventure)
“Time for SongBirds.” Miss Kelly said. “Oh no!” Joe looked up at her bright red hair and freckled face. He quickly lowered his eyes hoping she would take no notice of him. He hated singing. The last time she called … Continue reading
Posted in autobiography, Education, Santa Clara
Tagged childhood, family, music, School
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Entreat Me Not
March 22, 1975 We were both students at San Jose State … Continue reading
Who Cares
Sometimes there’s not much to do on a warm Texas evening. I watched a lot of sunsets from our front porch steps. I would sit and watch the sky transform through many colors and shades, and finally the sun disappears, … Continue reading
Larry’s Steakhouse
By now we were finishing up the school year. For such a small town, living in Crystal City, Texas was never dull. The population there was about 1400. The town was small but it had everything we needed. We could … Continue reading
Our Corner of Texas
We were young, just married a few months now. Everything was an adventure. We were in a small town that made the front pages across the nation. The Hispanic people there at the time called themselves Chicanos. I never used … Continue reading
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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When the Boss was King
Born in the U.S.A. is the seventh studio album by American rock singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen. It was released by Columbia Records on June 4, 1984. The album’s music was written by Springsteen and recorded with his E Street Band and … Continue reading
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