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.

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Pretty Birds, Petticoats and Tex-Mex Magic

At the end of countless winter days without sunshine and multiple windy drama and cold weather tantrums, we are pleased to see the cold ...

Saturday, February 11, 2023

Batteries Not Included

"Batteries Not Included" is the annoying tag line for battery operated toys advertised on TV. Don't expect batteries to be inc...

Saturday, January 7, 2023

Dancing Queen

Any day you dance is a good day was a great philosophy I adopted years ago. Best Spanish dicho: Nadie te quita lo bailado. Rough translat...

Friday, August 5, 2022

Art Makes A Difference in Agustin Gonzalez, Guajajuato

Today I learned that the word “taco” originated from “tlaco” in the Aztec’s Nahuatl language, I also learned that stone meal grinding tools ...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Trying Triumphs

Imelda Staunton‘s character in the Netflix series Trying has got more than a bee in her bonnet, she has got a beehive in it. She buzzes ...

Sunday, July 31, 2022

It’s All About ‘Buenos Dias’

I looked up from the screen of my cell phone and saw a tall, slender woman with a plate of tacos at the end of my table. All the chairs...

Thursday, July 28, 2022

Peanut Butter Penny

Flying to Mexico on a six week vacation, of course meant bringing along our twenty pound dachshund, Penny. At airport security, a helpfu...

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