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Smugglersville

“The cops mess with us. The thieves mess with us. Everybody messes with us.”

I was hobbling back from the store with a liter of milk, when I saw three young men sitting on the steps in front of a house in my Tijuana neighborhood. My friend Trini’s son ...

Front Porch Ramblins

Spring arrives this weekend and my hibernation must end. It's time for this old California bear to yawn, scratch and ...

Tijuana Dreaming

""The willow bends as the oak breaks..." I put down my notes and rubbed my eyes. Seventy-two hours have passed ...

El Blvd de los Muertos (The Blvd of the Dead)

"The guy down the street saw her last night," shouted Eric as he walked through the front door. "See ma, ...

"Smugglersville"

Four months of battling pain, work comp paperwork, pain, work comp doctors, pain, and lawyers who thrive in work comp ...

Seeking Cochise Spirt-Zona Daze

I was not a bit surprised when the first car bomb went off the other day in northern Mexico. It ...

Red buses vs White buses (A tale of two political parties)

Tijuana is still giddy from the July forth elections.At least the PRI backers sure are. "Happy days are here again!" ...

Falling Bread(PAN)

(Author's note; The following story was meant to be posted before the recent elections but was delayed by the trouble ...

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