Abraham Villarreal·Jan 5Making noises, softly and loudly, for 250 yearsI like it that folks in New Jersey, a lot of them, sound like they are yelling when they say something ordinary. I thought this attribute…
Abraham Villarreal·Dec 24, 2025In with the old, and in with the newFor the first time in 10 years, I took a break from writing. From weekly writing. From sharing with you all what I see and what I feel when…
Abraham Villarreal·Aug 9, 2025Living life like it was Groundhog DayI was in Cananea, Sonora last week. It’s a small city just an hour into Mexico. About 30,000 people live there, and the large copper mine…
Abraham Villarreal·Jul 21, 2025Why the office rolodex is worth keepingI keep a Rolodex on my desk. It’s a long, rectangular kind. Business cards of all colors and designs are in there. When I’m in a hurry, I…A response icon1A response icon1
Abraham Villarreal·Jun 25, 2025Learning to accept the weirdness of lifeWhen you’re a kid, you think everything is weird. I had a third-grade teacher, a self-described hippy, who ate raw, whole tomatoes as…
Abraham Villarreal·Jun 16, 2025Why I never finish reading the books I startI own a lot of half-read books. Sometimes I feel guilty about this, especially when I’m at a bookstore in an airport or standing and…
Abraham Villarreal·Jun 5, 2025Put down your phone and start experiencing lifeI like to see photos where people aren’t looking directly at the camera. Pictures of moments in time that weren’t meant to be captured. We…
Abraham Villarreal·May 15, 2025Taco-relationships are just a beginningEvery time I write about something, I think about that one thing that we all know about, but is rarely mentioned in a newspaper column…
Abraham Villarreal·Mar 17, 2025Memories shared by an old timerI like it when old timers tell me about grocery stores that don’t exist anymore. They always start their stories with something that sounds…A response icon2A response icon2
Abraham Villarreal·Dec 31, 2024Giving thanks for endings and new beginningsIt’s the time of the year to say thank you to something that is leaving and thank you to something that may be coming. Thank you for what…
