Abraham VillarrealWhen food makes you believe in somethingWhere I live, most people eat Mexican food. There are other kinds of foods to choose from, but Mexican food is usually the first, second…4d ago4d ago
Abraham VillarrealToday, somewhere in America, something is happeningToday, somewhere in America, a mom is getting the family ready for church. Moms do that. They get everyone ready to do things. They are…Sep 91Sep 91
Abraham VillarrealWaiting for summer is for the birdsOne summer ago, I was in Maine. It was the first time I had been to that part of New England, and I went because I hadn’t been there…Sep 2Sep 2
Abraham VillarrealLooking forward to fall in the southwestEvery time we enter the month of August I start to think about fall, and about holidays, and about food. The sunshine of summer is always…Aug 20Aug 20
Abraham VillarrealI remember reading about it in the newspaperI remember when growing up in my small hometown, there was a daily newspaper that had everything I wanted to know about what was happening…Aug 5Aug 5
Abraham VillarrealLiving in a world without extremesI live in a section of the country that doesn’t experience too much of anything in the extremes. No tornadoes or floods. No hurricanes or…Jul 151Jul 151
Abraham VillarrealWhat you don’t know is what makes you happySomeone, some time ago, wrote that ignorance is bliss. I think it was a seventeenth-century poet. It must have been. It sounds like…Jul 4Jul 4
Abraham VillarrealAutomation can’t do everything, and I hope it doesn’tIn our new world of automation, I’m asking myself who will be changing my kitty litter each day. Doesn’t my cat want me to do it? Doesn’t…Jun 24Jun 24
Abraham VillarrealReflecting on a grandfather’s service and his whyWhen I see a military photo of my grandfather, I wonder why he chose to enlist. I see him looking straight at the camera, head slightly…Jun 101Jun 101
Abraham VillarrealAirports, layovers, and learning about our differencesI’m writing this to you as a I sit at a funny-looking round red table constructed to promote the history of the Coca-Cola company. It’s the…Jun 2Jun 2
