by Hector De Leon | Nov 24, 2015 | Stories
The tortilla deliveries and migas A young village woman was paid to make tortillas and deliver them to our living quarters on the school grounds. Corn tortillas were part of every meal in rural Southwest Nuevo Leon. Poor soil and low rainfall made corn the core food...
by Hector De Leon | Nov 9, 2015 | Stories
On pleasant autumn nights, we would gather on the stage of an old weathered white open air Roman-style theater situated on the school grounds. On the adobe platform, four feet above the ground and feeling closer to the heavens, my brothers, two friends, and I would...
by Hector De Leon | Sep 10, 2015 | Featured 2
Cuando perdí a mi padre estaba terriblemente conmovido. Sentí que una parte de mí murio. Me sentía muy vulnerable y muy mortal. Se sentía como si tenía cinco años y estaba perdido en un lugar publico. Sin el escudo contra mis temores, mi sensación de seguridad...
by Hector De Leon | Aug 4, 2015 | Stories
When I watch pregame ceremonies at international futbol matches involving El Tri, the Mexican national soccer team, images of the school where I received my early primary education in rural Nuevo Leon come to me. Like the players on the field at the World Cup, the...
by Hector De Leon | Jul 6, 2015 | Stories
Small dust remolinos (whirlwind) were ordinary sights during the hottest months of the year. That is one of the lingering memories of Albercones, the last of a handful of ranchos (rural communities) where my mother worked as a teacher and where I lived...
