View from the Borderlands

Musings by Linda Cuellar, Ed.D., Community college educator, journalist, video writer and producer who writes and wonders on topics about her life and family, the media, education, border culture, language, travels and U.S. - Mexico issues and topics.

Friday, January 25, 2019

Not My Abuelita,But That's What TV Is For

1962 Nueva Ciudad Guerrero, Tamaullipas, Mexico. I can imagine my Mexican grandmother, Ventura Molina Flores, so vividly. She was marr...

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Oh, the good old days of no social media

Is anything as heart wrenching as a teenager's mauling and cruel self judgment? Eighth Grade made me step back in time into my moccasi...

Friday, January 11, 2019

No Patriarchy? No problem.

Today the Los Angeles Times reported on toxic masculinity. Always the late bloomer, I've just realized that I've lived all o...

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

New Year's Painted Night Skies

Fireworks are illegal in the city limits and that is why the Woodlawn Lake Park Rangers quickly patrolled over to any arriving visitor...

Sunday, December 30, 2018

Bruce Springsteen at the Altar of Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1xDzgob1JI Bruce Springsteen and I grew up together. We lived and loved in different parts of the cou...

Friday, December 21, 2018

Roma is Alfonso Cuaron's love song to his family and neighborhood in Mexico City.

I was so prepared to dislike Cuaron's entitled family in the film, Roma, but the unflinching honesty of his story-telling made me ap...

Friday, November 23, 2018

Choose Your Superpower

Three of us are about to pounce on a beautiful turkey at Thanksgiving when a text arrives from a young friend. At her dinner table across ...

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