One hour after sunrise. The air temperature was hovering around 20° on this January morning, but the steam was rising in vails from the hot pools around us. Strip down, (suit up), and jump in. These are natural pools. A person has to get there early if you want to…

I’ll Never Swallow the Same Again… Under no circumstances do you want to be remembered like this: having your abdomen plunged from behind by a friend or good Samaritan. …

So much for the “American Dream.” My coworker is living in a tent. Her “neighborhood” is a refugee camp of migrants clustered along the south banks of the Rio Grande River. She could throw a rock into the U.S. if there were any to throw (most of the rocks have…

Will I ever straighten them out? They’re just kids. I’m not expecting miracles. However, it is my job to parent them and I haven’t given up yet. This is for your sake, too! One day these people will be driving your roads, shopping in your stores and maybe (gasp) dating…

I wouldn’t lie to you. Tonight, my house is sitting mostly level. Not bad for a rent of $0. Driving through the wash to get here had me puckered up just a bit, but only because I’d seen Wyoming Auggie end up with his own bus axle-deep in the mud…

As if smuggling, theft, extortion and kidnapping weren’t enough, the Mexican cartels are now grabbing the avocado trade, too? Well shit. I’m not a huge avocado fan. Guacamole is, at best, a sidekick to salsa. But let’s hope this serves as a wake up call to Americans obsessed with that…