Henry Riojas owns a salsa business in Houston.  (I’m sure he’d like me to tell you that he also sells tamales, seasoning mixes, and addicting queso.  I’m also sure he’d like me to tell you that his products are available at retailers around the state and online.)  When Henry isn’t making and delivering salsa, he’s [...]

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The co-op was mentioned in the Houston Chronicle this week.  It was a nice-enough article, although the author didn’t give enough credit to the reasons I shop there. 
Everyone at the co-op is so friendly that I’d drop by even if I didn’t buy vegetables.  Before I had little people pulling on my apron strings, [...]

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One more dose of Floyd Skloot before I have to take the book back to the library: 
One way of spinning this is to say that my daily experience is often spontaneous and exciting.  Not fragmented and intimidating, but unpredictable, continuously new.  I may lose track of things, or of myself in space, my line [...]

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David woke up with a fever last night, and is sick in the same way he was sick last week:  fever, with no other apparent symptoms.
I can’t think what is causing this.  The Evil Eye, maybe?  Who gave my pretty baby the Evil Eye?  I need to get myself an egg and bowl, I think. [...]

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Sometimes we just have to let things go.  C&D helped me realize that.  Without C&D, I could work on a project as long as I wanted.  Even better, I could leave my little project-pieces all over the living room floor until I got back to them after dinner, after Friday, or after I started losing [...]

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Is this my kid?
Tight curls blow and bounce around her head
 

 
and nothing makes her dizzy.

This one has curls that are looser

and bleached by the sun.

Is that my cat?
After not seeing him in weeks, we found him lazing on the sidewalk next door

with no interest in coming home and putting up [...]

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The moon is smiling at me right now. 
More about today in this space later.  Right now it is time to get ready to sleep.

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