On Issues of Form, Content and Feedback Fernando Londono was addressing Colombia’s congress when a...
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Rolling Into Trauma With My Fuchsia and Magenta Unisex Rollerblades
The castle of little white lies my mom built to protect us Rafa was shot with a BB shotgun by his...
Under the shade of coconut trees
I bought happiness at a farmer's market in Kauai for seven dollars. It only lasted a few minutes —...
A Latino Supports Trump’s Super PAC
Espionage, immigration reform and whiskey “Let’s go to the Trump hotel,” my friend suggested when...
Lack of Faith is a Losing Battle
Am I the only atheist hoping for rapture? Maybe when all the Christians leave, the rest of us, the...
Dynamite For Our Old Wounds
A Colombian New Year’s Tradition ‘El año viejo” was a tradition I grew up with in Colombia. A...
Survival Strategies for Sleep-Deprived Parents
Crank-R-Us Today is a very important day for me. I’m launching ‘Speed-R-Us.’ “Speed-R-Us” will be...
Becoming a Feminist in a Masculine World
Where is Waldo’s Tip? “I am not your audience,” my wife snapped. “I don’t think those jokes...
The Space Between a Cough and Compassion
During the pandemic, I flew back to the Bay Area, and I sat next to a woman with a terrible and...
The Refuge of Thirst, Exhaustion and Laughter
A prayer all Colombians know I was probably never as cool as when I dated Isabella — a divorced...
Bathrooms for All… Except for Babies
In California, we have bathrooms designed to help people with physical disabilities. It is weird...
That Night Before St. Patrick’s Day in Downtown Petaluma
A few months before my wedding, my wife’s cousins arranged for a limo bus to pick 25 of us up on...
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English is Harder Than You Will Ever Know
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Tricking My Kids Into Loving Me
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I Am a Clingy Father in Need of Constant Hugging
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