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- Where to Find Margaret Elysia Garcia in 2020 August 18, 2020
- old shows January 4, 2020
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- Remembering the Why September 20, 2018
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Where to Find Margaret Elysia Garcia in 2020
Hello and thank you for reaching this page which was originally set up for work I was doing from 2010=2015. If you want to catch up with newer work and rants and such, find me at Throwing Chanclas my blog … Continue reading
…A Christmas Letter…Blog Style….
As I write this , the sky is bright baby blue. There is snow on the mountains, but none on the ground. It is icy cold, but not in a bitter way. There is some hopefulness in me and in … Continue reading
Vagabond (children & sisters)
I make it home alone after 13 hours of driving in the dark night. We barely stopped to eat or drink. My sister used her last bit of cash for a motel room in Quincy (she’ll stay in motels for … Continue reading
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Vagabond (Somewhere outside of Reno)
It’s hard to stay awake your thoughts, the darkness and the wind the white line of the 395 I’ve been playing music trying to drown out the silence that consumes all of us. our aunt offers to have us … Continue reading
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They Recorded the Words but They Can’t Hear Them
I was at a board meeting when I heard the principal of the local high school talk up his experience in leadership. Most of his sentences were punctuated with the words, “when I got my doctorate” or “ I worked … Continue reading
On Being THE ONLY LATINA on a Rural College Campus
To be honest, I didn’t move up to Plumas County thinking I was going to be the only Latina/o teaching on a rural college campus. It didn’t occur to me that there would be a shortage of us on campus … Continue reading