My father-in-law, born and raised in the Philippines, the son of Christian missionaries, grew up with cooks, houseboys, and the like, and when he heard about our plan to hire a live-in Mexican nanny, he …
April 7, 1994
News & Stories
We smuggled our nanny across the border into San Diego
What poppycock and cockamamy have in common
Dear Sir. I always felt a sense of pride that, of all the words for excrement in all the world’s languages, it was the Spanish word caca that had come to transcend language barriers and …
April 7, 1994
Marijuana in balloons
Dear Matthew: Here’s a question that I have considered since high school, have done extensive research on, have asked law enforcement officers about, and have received many different answers to. Is it illegal to possess …
April 7, 1994
Rough sketch: rattlesnakes, outlaws, and hardship didn't deter Painter Charles Fries
I learned to write by watching my grandma at her easel. First she’d sketch, then stroke on the base colors, then dab until details began to appear. Around that time she’d step back, gaze, meditate, …
April 7, 1994