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November 15, 2015
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Dollop of Sour Cream
By Isabelle Robles
While in Arizona, grandma tries to teach meBy Isabelle Robles
how to master making tortillas.
Every one I make is awkward and confused,
stuck between shapes,
and overdone in all the wrong places.
“It’s okay mija,” she says.
“You’re not used to this.”
During roll call in Iowa the substitute’s
furrowed brow
wide eyes on my last name.
Thank god middle names aren’t required.
Natividad doesn’t really
roll off a rigid tongue.
I’m chorizo with a dollop of sour cream.
While dad perfectly draws out his r’s on “cerdo” and
laughs with the butcher
there I stand,
arms intertwined behind my back,
trying to catch words from their
rapid, joyful conversation
I can’t understand.rows,
During Spanish class a girl and my teacher laugh.
“Oh, it’s a Mexican thing,” the girl says.
“You wouldn’t get it.”
Does she not know in Arizona I’m surrounded by a
mob of Robleses and I’m the
only one that’s
not a “Mexican thing?”
“Oh, it’s a Mexican thing,” the girl says.
“You wouldn’t get it.”
Does she not know in Arizona I’m surrounded by a
mob of Robleses and I’m the
only one that’s
not a “Mexican thing?”
I’m chorizo with a dollop of sour cream.
What the girl doesn’t know is that
I am as Mexican as her,
even with my blonde hair, green eyes and fair skin.
Bet you a hundred pesos my dad and I
could whip up a mean pozole
that could rival hers any day
and win.
I am as Mexican as her,
even with my blonde hair, green eyes and fair skin.
Bet you a hundred pesos my dad and I
could whip up a mean pozole
that could rival hers any day
and win.
What no one knows is that green chiles taste delicious in
scrambled eggs with a pack of
warm tortillas on the side,
and there’s
nothing wrong
with a little bit of
sour cream in your chorizo.
Because I am chorizo with a dollop of sour cream.
scrambled eggs with a pack of
warm tortillas on the side,
and there’s
nothing wrong
with a little bit of
sour cream in your chorizo.
Because I am chorizo with a dollop of sour cream.
Thursday, November 12, 2015
November 12, 2015
- Updates to University Heights website:
Welcome
Evrett Thomas Carl Aldrich
Born 11/11/15 to city councilor Carla Aldrich and her husband Ben.
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
November 11, 2015
- Updates to University Heights website:
- Updated One University Place Construction Updates Page
- Types of Plan Changes that require City Council Review List developed by City Engineer
Monday, November 9, 2015
November 9, 2015
- Updates to University Heights website:
- Updated City Council Agenda and Minutes Page
- November 10 City Council Meeting 7 PM Horn School AGENDA & attachments
Sunday, November 8, 2015
November 8, 2015
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015
November 4, 2015
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Mayor:
Wally HeitmanCouncil:
Mike Haverkamp
Jim Lane
Dotti Maher
Silvia Quezada
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