Instagram highlights: 2020
I began documenting my life in a new way this year. Lots of people use Instagram. But this is how I use it: Tucson Part 1 Tucson Part 2 Tucson Part 3 One Minute Lectures Abuelita Pocha Summer 2020 Fall 2020
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I’m bulletproof, nothing to lose*
*The irony of discussing autism and mental illness with a song featuring Sia is not lost on me. She’s persona non grata in the autism world for her video about autism, her association with Autism Speaks, and her comments to the autistic community after they voiced they concerns. The whole point is that I am […]
Snowflake: Odyssey storytelling
Phil Gordon reached out to me to invite me to tell a story for The Odyssey in Tucson for December’s Snowflake show. I didn’t know he would say such nice things about me. Telling stories over zoom will never take the place of standing on a stage in front of a live audience. But we […]
Here to face the fortune and the bile
City life told in the contents of a purse: The purse I stole from my sister Andrea in 1996. It has mother of pearl buttons and seed beads in white, orange and maroon. The black fabric has faded and begun to tear but I still love wearing it because it is the perfect size for […]
Tetraptych: sketches done in ball-point pen
PART ONE:I can take care of myself but I don’t know if I could do that if I had a job. I’m proud of the life I’ve built. I was only able to do that because I survived through a horrible divorce, but one day in particular. There was a hearing. In front of a […]
Veneranda Jade 