Chicana on the Edge

Mentioning the unmentionable since 2004

What Did Generation X Invent?

Gen X doesn’t include Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, but we made some stuff.

What Is Cinco de Mayo?

Ways to truly celebrate Mexican culture

Glimpse of Another World

I spent time with people far outside my usual life.

Wars of the Buttercream Roses

Wars of the Buttercream Roses

Well, the McCombs Candida Plan is effectively over. The last part of it is that I'm supposed to stay off dairy products until Feb. 21st, but actually I’m eating whatever I want at this point and it's not good. Since Juldmort my anxiety level gradually lessened until...

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Releasing Another Layer (Cake)

Releasing Another Layer (Cake)

Previous post on this topic: McCombs Candida Plan Day 53 I've been on the 16-week (112-day) McCombs Candida Plan for 71 days and yesterday I completely rebelled by buying a Pepperidge Farm frozen cake and trying to eat it (after thawing it, of course). But a strange...

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Know about publishing?

Know about publishing?

In autumn 2012 I had had such a bizarre and frustrating experience of dog ownership that I used National Novel Writing Month to draft a memoir of what I'd been through the previous year with a pitbull mix mutt named Ozzie. Since then my manuscript has evolved to...

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