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El mes de la Hispanidad está en pleno apogeo y eso me hace desear dar un dedo para arriba y reconocer algunas de las cosas que me hacen orgullosa de ser hispana. El mes nacional de la Hispanidad es el 15 de Septiembre-15 de Octubre. Tengo mi lista de cosas que me hacen orgullosa de ser hispana mi "Menudos para el alma". Ya he compartido con usted antes. Son fragmentos cálidos de mi cultura que me hacen decir "Aah" o "Sí-Sí-Sí-Sí-Sí!" en mi grito de mariachi. "Menudos para el alma" proporcionan comodidad y orgullo. No dude en...
Local columnist Hispanic Heritage Month is in full swing and that makes me want to give a thumbs up and grito (shout out) to some of the things that make me proud to be Hispanic. National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15-Oct. 15. I call my list of things that make me proud to be Hispanic my “Menudos for the Soul.” I have shared some with you before. They are warm-hearted snippets from my culture that make me go “Aah” or “ay-yea-yea-yea-yeah!” in my mariachi grito. “Menudos for the Soul” provide comfort and pride. Feel fre...
El mes de la Hispanidad está en pleno apogeo y eso me hace desear dar un dedo para arriba y reconocer algunas de las cosas que me hacen orgullosa de ser hispana. El mes nacional de la Hispanidad es el 15 de Septiembre-15 de Octubre. Tengo mi lista de cosas que me hacen orgullosa de ser hispana mi "Menudos para el alma". Ya he compartido con usted antes. Son fragmentos cálidos de mi cultura que me hacen decir "Aah" o "Sí-Sí-Sí-Sí-Sí!" en mi grito de mariachi. "Menudos para el a...
Hispanic Heritage Month is in full swing and that makes me want to give a thumbs up and grito (shout out) to some of the things that make me proud to be Hispanic. National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15-Oct. 15. I call my list of things that make me proud to be Hispanic my “Menudos for the Soul.” link Helena Rodriguez I have shared some with you before. They are warm-hearted snippets from my culture that make me go “Aah” or “ay-yea-yea-yea-yeah!” in my mariachi grito. “Me...
Local columnist Today is El Diez y Seis de Septiembre. Sept. 16. Mexican Independence Day. It makes me think of how, in many ways, the U.S. depends on Mexican immigrants and yet, in many ways, wants to be independent of them. It also makes me think about how many Mexican immigrants depend on the U.S. for some things and yet, in some ways, want to live independent here, with a separate set of rules and cultures. On this Sept. 16, I am thinking about the extremes of Donald Trump and Jorge Ramos, and somewhere in between are the...
Hoy es El Diez y Seis de Septiembre. Día de la Independencia de México. Me hace pensar cómo, en muchos sentidos, de que los Estados Unidos depende en los inmigrantes mexicanos y sin embargo, en muchos sentidos, quiere ser dependiente de ellos. También me hace pensar acerca de cuántos inmigrantes mexicanos dependen de los Estados Unidos, para algunas cosas y sin embargo, de alguna manera, quieren vivir independiente, como un conjunto separado de normas y culturas. Este 16 de Septiembre, estoy pensando en los extremos de Dona...
Hoy es El Diez y Seis de Septiembre. Día de la Independencia de México. Me hace pensar cómo, en muchos sentidos, de que los Estados Unidos depende en los inmigrantes mexicanos y sin embargo, en muchos sentidos, quiere ser dependiente de ellos. También me hace pensar acerca de cuántos inmigrantes mexicanos dependen de los Estados Unidos, para algunas cosas y sin embargo, de alguna manera, quieren vivir independiente, como un conjunto separado de normas y culturas. link Hele...
Today is El Diez y Seis de Septiembre. Sept. 16. Mexican Independence Day. link Helena Rodriguez It makes me think of how, in many ways, the U.S. depends on Mexican immigrants and yet, in many ways, wants to be independent of them. It also makes me think about how many Mexican immigrants depend on the U.S. for some things and yet, in some ways, want to live independent here, with a separate set of rules and cultures. On this Sept. 16, I am thinking about the extremes of...
I use to worry that I didn’t worry enough. I had a mini crisis a couple of weeks ago. Things were going rather smooth and so I knew a crisis was around the corner. It caught me unexpected. I expected that. It’s either a sign of maturity or insanity — take your pick — when things that are supposed to shake your whole world just give you a little jolt. Flash back 20 years and it was the little jolts that seemed to shake up my world. These days it seems to be the little avoidab...
I use to worry that I didn’t worry enough. I had a mini crisis a couple of weeks ago. Things were going rather smooth and so I knew a crisis was around the corner. It caught me unexpected. I expected that. It’s either a sign of maturity or insanity — take your pick — when things that are supposed to shake your whole world just give you a little jolt. Flash back 20 years and it was the little jolts that seemed to shake up my world. link Helena Rodriguez These days it seems t...
Siempre pensé que yo era una persona que no se preocupaba por nada. Tuve una mini crisis hace unas cuantas semanas, todo se veía bien y tranquillo así que pronto supe que se aproximaba una crisis y me tomo de sorpresa. La esperaba y no se puede tener una cenal de madurez o una suponen sacudir tu mundo solo te dan una estrujadita. Retrocediendo a 20 anos atrás eran los pequeños golpes que estremecían mi mundo estos días parecen que no hay modo de evitar las cosa que roban...
Mom saw the spilled nail polish on our bedroom carpet and almost broke into tears. link Helena Rodriguez “Helen!” she screamed. This was only the beginning. I was a little goat, she said. Next, she spotted the gooey chocolate syrup on our play dish cabinet. This isn’t the best nor is it the worst description of my bedroom when I was growing up. I shared my bedroom with my sisters, Becky and Julie (Yolanda and Crisanta came later). We were messy but happy kids, but it was a cho...
Mama vio el esmalte de unas derramado en la alfombra de la habitación y casi lloro. link Helena Rodriguez Helen! grito, ese grito era solo el comienzo, yo era terca como una cabra. Después miro el jarabe de chocolate pegado en mi trastero de juguete, esta no es ni la mejor ni la peor descripción de mi habitación cuando yo era chica. Compartía mi recamara con mis hermanas Becky y Julie (Yolanda y Crisanta nacieron después),.Éramos unas niñas desordenadas pero felices, pero era...
Local columnist Mom saw the spilled nail polish on our bedroom carpet and almost broke into tears. “Helen!” she screamed. This was only the beginning. I was a little goat, she said. Next, she spotted the gooey chocolate syrup on our play dish cabinet. This isn’t the best nor is it the worst description of my bedroom when I was growing up. I shared my bedroom with my sisters, Becky and Julie (Yolanda and Crisanta came later). We were messy but happy kids, but it was a chore within a chore to get the room into an acceptable hea...
Local columnist There is a time and a season for everything. Soon the leaves will start to blush into hues of orange and red, perhaps wiping away tears that froze into the icicles of winter and then misted the flowers of spring and summer. Will autumn bring more dew to moisten eyes that have already been well-watered? Just as there is a time for each new season, there is also a time to live and to die, a time to be happy and be sad, and a time to celebrate new beginnings. And, as I have seen this past year, there is also a...
Today we have crisp and high-quality digital sound at our finger and ear tips. But nothing beats the old-fashioned needle-to-the-vinyl sounds of my youth, whether I was jamming to the hardcore piano of Billy Joel or hip-swaying cumbias of Grupo Mazz. My friend, Lupe Rosales, got me thinking about my first vinyls recently. Some of you may be too young for vinyls. Vinyls were the personal-pan-pizza-sized disc records that came before cassette tapes and then the CDs or iPods that you know and use today. I remember the first...
Local columnist Today we have crisp and high-quality digital sound at our finger and ear tips. But nothing beats the old-fashioned needle-to-the-vinyl sounds of my youth, whether I was jamming to the hardcore piano of Billy Joel or hip-swaying cumbias of Grupo Mazz. My friend, Lupe Rosales, got me thinking about my first vinyls recently. Some of you may be too young for vinyls. Vinyls were the personal-pan-pizza-sized disc records that came before cassette tapes and then the CDs or iPods that you know and use today. I...
Local columnist Last week, I wrote about the old North Main Grocery store in Portales. Like Portales, many Small Town Americas had many mom and pop stores. They were a lot like today’s convenience stores, but with several major differences. These mom and pops supplied. Unlike today’s ready-to-eat meals toasting under hot lamps at your 24-hour convenience corners, mom and pops catered to the cook, selling flour, potatoes, freshly cut meat and other cooking supplies. They also catered to the sweet tooths, as I mentioned whe...
Last week, I wrote about the old North Main Grocery store in Portales. Like Portales, many Small Town Americas had many mom and pop stores. They were a lot like today’s convenience stores, but with several major differences. link Helena Rodriguez These mom and pops supplied. Unlike today’s ready-to-eat meals toasting under hot lamps at your 24-hour convenience corners, mom and pops catered to the cook, selling flour, potatoes, freshly cut meat and other cooking supplies. The...
When I wrote about paper dolls a few weeks ago, this memory took me back to a place I haven’t visited — not even in my mind — in decades. It took me to the old North Main Grocery in Portales. link Helena Rodriguez Some of you children of the 1940s, ’50s, ’60s and ’70s may remember this small mom and pop — and Winnie dog, as some reminded me — store that was located in north Portales about a block up from the current Allsup’s, going toward the Bethel Highway. North Main Grocery...
Hace unas semanas escribí un articulo sobre las muñecas de papel, me hizo recordar un lugar que no he visitado, y ni siquiera mentalmente en décadas, una antigua tienda de abarrotes que estaba ubicada en la calle principal Norte de Portales. link Helena Rodriguez Algunos de ustedes nacidos en 1940, en los 50s, los 60s, y los 70s, probablemente recuerden la pequeña tienda del barro que operaban el dueño y su esposa - junto con un perro salchicha, así los recuerdo yo. La tiend...
Local columnist Hace unas semanas escribí un articulo sobre las muñecas de papel, me hizo recordar un lugar que no he visitado, y ni siquiera mentalmente en décadas, una antigua tienda de abarrotes que estaba ubicada en la calle principal Norte de Portales. Algunos de ustedes nacidos en 1940, en los 50s, los 60s, y los 70s, probablemente recuerden la pequeña tienda del barro que operaban el dueño y su esposa - junto con un perro salchicha, así los recuerdo yo. La tienda se encontraba al Norte de Portales, una cuadra arrib...
Local columnist When I wrote about paper dolls a few weeks ago, this memory took me back to a place I haven’t visited — not even in my mind — in decades. It took me to the old North Main Grocery in Portales. Some of you children of the 1940s, ’50s, ’60s and ’70s may remember this small mom and pop — and Winnie dog, as some reminded me — store that was located in north Portales about a block up from the current Allsup’s, going toward the Bethel Highway. North Main Grocery, referred to as South’s by many, due to its lovable...
link Helena Rodriguez Everyone knows by now that Donald Trump has upset many Hispanics/Latinos, the Spanish-language media and others who do business with him due to his derogatory remarks toward immigrants when he announced his candidacy for president. Regarding immigrants, he said they “bring drugs and crime (to the U.S.) and are rapists.” For good measure, he added, “And some are good.” As a result of these way-out-of-line remarks, Trump’s pageants were booted off of Un...
link Helena Rodriguez Hoy en día todo mundo sabe que muchos latinos, medios de comunicación hispanos y otros que hacen negocios con Donald Trump están molestos con el, debido a sus comentarios despectivos hacia los inmigrantes cuando anuncio su candidatura a la presidencia. En cuanto a los inmigrantes el dijo que están trayendo las drogas, la delincuencia y a los violadores para los Estados Unidos. Y para rematar agrego “Algunos son buenos.” Como resultado de estas observa...
