Sep 6, 2023 | A Day In My Life
I am fortunate to have another day. Every day could be your last on a patrol. A warning our sheriff reminds us of at the top of every shift. As the only female Taos Pueblo deputy tasked with our portion of the region, the warning to be vigilant rings in my ears as I...
Sep 5, 2023 | A Day In My Life
Hi, my name is Cedar Woods, and I am a recovering ostrich. You read that right—I like putting my head in the sand and ignoring decisions until I get bitten in the butt. Life hasn’t been peachy—the ex-husband left me penniless and for an older woman—but I was getting...
Sep 4, 2023 | A Day In My Life
The day started like every other. I stopped by Randy’s Donuts in Pasadena to pick-up a half-dozen and two take-out coffees, drove to the convenience store parking lot at the corner of Valley Boulevard and Highbury Avenue, and waited for Sid, my confidential informant,...
Aug 25, 2023 | A Day In My Life
As an adjunct English professor, I’m used to having my schedule change from one semester to the next. But I’m not in the classroom for now and haven’t been for a few months. My dad was diagnosed with late-onset muscular dystrophy and couldn’t run his board game shop...
Aug 24, 2023 | A Day In My Life
The wind coming in off the ocean is chilly this early in the morning, but I breathe it in, savoring that lovely iodine tang of seaweed that brings me straight back to my childhood. I’m sitting in a weathered old Adirondack chair at the edge of a grassy bluff, looking...
