Tag Archives: Life

BREAD LOAF SAGA

Posted on June 24, 2018 by xaviertrevino

  I rarely buy bread nowadays, not that I’m gluten-free by any stretch of the imagination; it’s just that at my age I’ve only to look at a piece of bread for it to add an inch or two to … Continue reading →

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THE MYSTERIES OF EVAPORATOR FANS

Posted on February 1, 2018 by xaviertrevino

  This October, late in the month I was sitting on the couch in the living room watching TV one evening when I heard a loud buzzing sound coming from somewhere. The sound was familiar in a way, but a … Continue reading →

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CHRISTMAS TREE SAGA

Posted on December 9, 2017 by xaviertrevino

We decided to go for a Charlie brown Christmas tree this year, the current times and our budget being what it is. The past few years we’ve been pretty lucky about price and size, the first tree we had up … Continue reading →

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NO PHOTOS PLEASE

Posted on September 13, 2017 by xaviertrevino

I always wondered where the people sitting behind the tables at the polling stations on Election Day came from. Yesterday I found out for the first time. I saw an ad on Facebook a couple of weeks ago, Translators wanted … Continue reading →

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DUELING GARDENS

Posted on August 5, 2017 by xaviertrevino

DUELING GARDENS As some of you have read before Danusia and I are members of the community garden up the block, the Garden of Hope. There is also the Convent Avenue Garden just up the block at the foot of … Continue reading →

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LOOKING FOR MAMA

Posted on April 23, 2017 by xaviertrevino

We did out taxes with our accountant last week, on Tuesday. Our accountant lives in Melville, Long Island. This was the second year we went out to his home to do our taxes. Before he had an office in Richmond … Continue reading →

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ONLY CASTLES BURNING

Posted on January 20, 2017 by xaviertrevino

So I am not watching the inauguration, for what it’s worth. That’s something to think about, what it’s worth. Is it worth it to me to live with a sick feeling in my stomach, to live in fear and hatred? … Continue reading →

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SAY HELLO (Gentrification)

Posted on November 6, 2016 by xaviertrevino

  I live in Hamilton Heights. That’s in Harlem, on 152nd Street. My wife and I have lived here for two years, we just signed our third lease, and our rent was bumped up another $75 a month. It could … Continue reading →

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HOMECOMING

Posted on October 10, 2016 by xaviertrevino

Last week I went back to the Pratt Institute campus for the first time in a few years. After losing the job I had there in 1977 I didn’t go back until a couple of years ago, in 2013 to … Continue reading →

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SENDING PAPA HOME

Posted on October 25, 2014 by xaviertrevino

Before my father died in a nursing home five years ago he would tell me he’d been in Mexico the day before, or the week before, or sometime in the recent past, despite the fact he hadn’t been anywhere but … Continue reading →

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