Month: December 2021

Three Shorts from Mexico City When they reach the Pacific Ocean, red salmon smolts are no bigger than your pinkie finger.Mexico City is home to approximately 22 million people. That’s more than 8 times the population of Chicago, the biggest city I’ve ever lived in.I’m confident I know how those little fish feel. *We arrived… Continue reading Small Fish, Enormous Pond (8/4/21)

Learning a language is fun because the complexities of languages are essentially limitless.Learning a language can be frustrating for the same reason.Recently, learning Spanish was amusing.For the last week, I’ve been staying in Mexico City with my friend Moni. Learning to live in a culture I thought I knew more about than I do has been… Continue reading All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Tires (8/11/21)