Pedro and Rosa’s baby is sick. “I’m going to go sell the cow to buy medicine for the baby,” Pedro tells Rosa, “I’ll be back soon.” Off he goes, cow in tow, which he entrusts to a friend to sell for him. But Pedro’s friend doesn’t return. Penniless and far from home, Pedro comes upon [...]
For this week’s Poetry Tuesday!, I caution you to proceed at your own risk. I live with a Tzeltal woman named Isabel–my good friend and mentor and one of the founders of FOMMA, the Mayan women’s theater collective I am fortunate to know very well. Isabel doesn’t eat meat very often but when she does, [...]
As our tiny taxi climbed through the Chiapanecan highlands, I began to look nervously into the misty sky, growing dark and swollen with rainclouds. “I’m sure it won’t rain,” my friend Paola had said while we were planning the day’s events. “Well, almost sure.” Paola teaches English in Chalchihuitán, the indigenous community where our taxi [...]
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It's Here! The Very First Chalchihuitan Telenovela
My Love/Hate Relationship With Positive Psychology
¡Ni Una Más! Because No One Wants To Be A Martyr When They Grow Up
Yes! And vs. Awkward Silence: Improv For "Beginners"
