Labor Day Nostalgia

This labor day weekend is hitting me differently than it usually does.Perhaps it’s Because my hometown, Hatch, NM,  is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its annual Chile Festival.More than 30,000 people are expected to pour into my hometown to purchase roasted chile peppers and join the festivities.… and although I’m all about enjoying salsa, chileContinue reading “Labor Day Nostalgia”

Easter 2021 Reflections

I didn’t grow up observing this day. On the contrary, I grew up in a fundamentalist vacuum that frowned on anything having to Easter due to pagan influences on the traditions surrounding this day. As I broke away from my restrictive upbringing, I remained open to the over-the-top Easter performances/productions that were a main staple in the new world that I called home

I haven’t stepped into a Church BUilding in a year… (and this is what I’ve learned so far)

๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง’๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐š ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ….โฃ
…. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜’๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต. โฃ

Assumptions

๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ˆ’๐ฆ ๐š ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง. โฃ I think I’m perfect. โฃ I’m Republicanโฃ I don’t cussโฃ I don’t drink beerโฃ I don’t danceโฃ I hate gay peopleโฃ I have the perfect marriageโฃ I never get madโฃ I have everything figured outโฃ I’m going to judge youโฃ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐กโฃ IContinue reading “Assumptions”