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San Miguel Walks
Looking forward
As a boy I used to read books about distant locations and dream. I count my lucky stars that at an early age my mother encouraged my imagination. Together we ground egg yolks, plants, beets, onions, and oxidized stones with the mortar she used to grind chiles and made...
San Miguel Street Procession
Even though December 12 is the day of the Virgin of Guadalupe in San Miguel it is celebrated for several days.
and then…she was gone
more personal work in San Miguel
Visual notes in December
Saw a butterfly during my walk to town and made this personal piece Exploring textures and juxtapositions for an upcoming book. Lucha Libre Bird Coffee on our roof this morning with an unforgettable sky and hot air balloon. Taking time to look and discover,...
Finding my Rhythm with the Drum Dream Girl
My seventh children's book Drum Dream Girl for Harcourt Houghton Mifflin now rests in the hands of the printer. The stirring poetry of Margarita Engle illuminates the life of a brave ten year old Chinese-African-Cuban girl who was able to...