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69Big Block Buick Wildcat Memoir
by barranca
Dad bought the big Wildcat perhaps for several reasons: I begged him to, the power tempted him, he was getting restless in retirement or money was burning a hole in his pocket (it rarely did). I was... published 6 months ago
67Magdalena River Fishing Memoir
by barranca
One of my favorite memories as a child was fishing on a tributary of the Magdalena River in Colombia, South America. The Magdalena is the primary river that flows from the south of Colombia and the Amazon to... published 16 months ago
68Illegal immigrant labor: Antonio: a Border Memoir
by barranca
One day I asked Ignacio if he knew anyone who could build a wall around my house and stucco both. He replied that his brother, Antonio, was a master mason and looking for work. I trusted Ignacio completely... published 8 months ago
64My Four Fights
by barranca
One day, on the playground during physical education class, we were running relay races. We were divided into two teams in lines at both ends of the asphalt basketball court. The game was simple: each of us... published 15 months ago
66My First Job
by barranca
My father decided it was time for me to get a job. I was sixteen, could drive and had an entire summer ahead of me with nothing in particular to do. Dad believed strongly in the moral value of work which... published 14 months ago
75Folsom Vacaville San Quentin Prisons: A memoir
by barranca
The best class I had in seminary, titled "Ministry to Captive Structures ", was taught by Dody Donnelly at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. The class included about a dozen students both women and... published 9 months ago
70Changing Professions in Arizona
by barranca
Changing professions is like reincarnating. In an earlier life, I made furniture in the heat in Tucson, Arizona. Lots of it. My shop hummed, howled, buzzed and screeched seven days a week for close to ten... published 14 months ago
73Classroom Management: A teaching memoir
by barranca
Classroom Management Classroom management was the key buzzword in teachers' college when I went back to school to learn to become a teacher after a first career as a woodworker. I remember being... published 8 months ago
74Rev. Jim Jones and the People's Temple: A Memoir
by barranca
The day I met the infamous Rev. Jim Jones, he was wearing semi-opaque sunglasses and a black shirt, and he was being trailed by a half dozen or so teen-aged young men. They piled out of a wine-colored van... published 9 months ago
67Book Review: A Freewheelin' Time: Suze Rotolo
by barranca
Suze Rotolo's memoir of Greenwich Village in the early sixties, A Freewheelin' Time, is an involving story from the epicenter of a cultural revolution. The ostensible reason most people will read the book... published 5 months ago
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