Canto XLVII: This is 40 (Going on 85)
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Another canto missed -- I know! I don't plan to make it a habit, but couldn't do it last week due to a...
Canto XLVI: The Valle is Lovely, Dark and Deep…
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Apologies for skipping last week -- deep in the salt mines. I've got three long stories lined up for the Los Angeles Times,...
Canto XLV: Who’s Gus?
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Sending this two days late because I'm still recovering from New Orleans, where I got a new nickname from White Power Randy: Category...
Canto XLIII: All I Want for Christmas is You…to Subscribe to My Friends
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This year, for the first time in over a decade, I knew exactly what I wanted to get for Christmas: magazine subscriptions.
I read...
Canto XLII: How to Succeed in Freelancing While Really, Really Trying
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Apologies for the delay in my canto. Had to do a last-minute road trip to Phoenix for a story. Finishing up nearly all...
Canto XLI: A Timeline of Mexican Anaheim
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Sometime next year -- I think in the summer -- my next big project will be announced.
It ain't a book, or a movie,...
Canto XXXIX: Notes on Me Joining the Los Angeles Times Full-Time
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The rumors are true: I'm joining the Los Angeles Times full-time as a features writer focusing on Southern California everything...
Me and the Times...
Canto XXXVIII: Cheer, Cheer for Old Notre Dreams
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When I was reaching my teens, the only dream I had was to attend the University of Notre Dame.
I knew Knute. The fight...
Canto XXXVII: How to Find the Way to San Jose
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Greetings from San Jose, where the California debut of the play based on my career, Interview with a Mexican just happened last night...
Canto XXXVI: Dia de Reaching One Person
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I never celebrated Día de Los Muertos growing up. I knew of it: 1987, the last time I went to my parents' ranchos...
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Canto XLVIII: Ask a Mexican with Glasses ANYTHING!
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The biggest transition I've had to make so far in my professional career is that I'm not a professional columnist anymore.
From 2002 until...
