OK, a little Public Service Announcement about the new Tiki Tiki .Have you come over to check it out?We hope so. The Tiki Tiki is just short of a couple weeks old, and Violeta, Marta, Carla and I are having a good time writing, doing video posts and adding new features and content. More on the […]

click to enlarge. it’s worth it. So ya, se acabo the school year. What a delight. Maria got to sleep in until 8:30 a.m., and I myself didn’t roll out of bed until nearly 8 a.m. It is Saturday, but I hope the trend continues. We both have been dragging. And, while I am all […]

When Maria was 2-years-old, she and her father were outside digging in the dirt. She found a worm and was poking at it with a small trowel.“One gusano,” she said.My husband says that just as he was going to tell her to be careful not to hurt the worm with the trowel, she said: “Two […]

Good, happy Monday all. Today marks the launch of the Tiki Tiki blog — a group blog by four Latinas and yes, I am one of them. Tiki Tiki is a magazine-style website aiming to capture the “cultura, color and sabor” of living Latino in the United States through essays, iconic photos and short videos, […]

My nena was once nicknamed “Cowgirl” by her father. She was a tough little fireplug who wore pants and t-shirts most of her first three years and then she discovered sparkle and skirts that spin. “Cowgirl” is no more. She’s still a tough chick, but a chick who toughs it out in dangly jewelry, tiaras […]

my Mother’s Day Card, 2009 It is Sunday morning, on Mother’s Day, and I am resting after a dad- and daughter-created breakfast of pancakes and scrambled eggs. I think I want to go back to sleep. But, the girl wearing silk roses in her hair and a yellow tutu sitting next to me, likely will […]

It was the 1970s and I was between the ages of four and 12 when my family lived in the Miami version of the Boonies — Perrine. It was a haul to get there, down U.S. 1, past the Miami Serpentarium, endless pine trees and not much else. En casa del rayo. The family next […]

My girl welcomed me home last night with a very big and happy hug.My husband made arroz con pollo for me, so that when the door to our house opened it smelled divine. I was in Denver this week working and visiting good, good friends — a double bonus trip. And triple bonus, I got to […]

This “Fruit of the Spirit Stick” is my anniversary gift to my husband. It will go outside, near the entrance to our home. It is by a Tennessee folk artist we’ve long admired Bebo.I border on the over-sharing today over at Parenting.com, talking about my marriage, which began 16 years ago today in Miami during […]

Maria is leaving little altars everywhere. I write about them today at Parenting.com. from the post: “You see, when you grow up Cuban in Miami and your neighbors sacrifice goats to please the gods, a few relatives and friends channel dead people, and your aunt leaves offerings of rum, sweets and tobacco on an altar before a 4-foot-tall […]