October 2023 – Page 2 – FIRST DATE, WORST DATE EVER!

The Fingernails Post

October 3, 2023October 1, 2023 Posted in alcohol, boyfriend, college, discoteca, fingernails, memoir, sexual assault, Spain, student, Study abroadLeave a comment

When I was a senior in college, I went to Venezuela to student teach, then taught six weeks of high school Spanish, then studied abroad for two months in the summer. I needed fifteen credits to graduate with a double major in Elementary Education and Spanish with a minor in secondary education. I was thrilled… Continue reading The Fingernails Post

Highway Dog

October 2, 2023October 1, 2023 Posted in back ache, Carmel, dogs, highway, memoir, Min Pin, neighbors, Orange County, sale, shopping, thrift storeLeave a comment

I’m in my little beach town, up the road a bit from Carmel. At the end of each month, the block of thrift stores in the Barnyard Shopping Center near Carmel Valley put their merchandise at 50% off for a day or two. Yellow Brick Road was on its second day of sale yesterday, so… Continue reading Highway Dog

The Crack in my Face

October 1, 2023September 30, 2023 Posted in bathroom, California, Central America, children, citizenship, clenching, DACA, doctor, Dreamers, drugs, ENT, forehead, furrowed brow, gangs, Guatemala, Honduras, immigrants, jaw therapist, memoir, mothers, mouthguard, welfareLeave a comment

(re-run) Because my adult child moved in, I changed bathrooms. They get the new one at the other end of the house, and I get the hallway one with the skylight and window (the master bathroom is a cave). I was putting on my make-up the other day with daylight coming in. There it was,… Continue reading The Crack in my Face