Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Wine, Waves and Change: Reading Steinbeck’s Tortilla Flat in Paris

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  Wine, Waves and Change: Reading Steinbeck’s Tortilla Flat in Paris By Armando Ortiz I read John Steinbeck’s Tortilla Flat while traveling...
Friday, October 3, 2025

Dreams from Bunker Hill: Fante's City and Mine - Book Review

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Dreams from Bunker Hill: Fante’s City and Mine - Book Review From Bunker Hill to Santa Monica: Reading Fante against my Los Angeles By Arman...
Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Detroit in the '70s: Elmore Leonard's City Primeval

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Detroit in the ‘70s: Elmore Leonard’s City Primeval By Armando Ortiz . Elmore Leonard’s City Primeval was a good read that kept me engaged ...
Monday, August 25, 2025

L.A. Mountains Call

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  L.A. Mountain’s Call By Armando Ortiz I walk the adobe road, this old mountain frozen, sagebrush and baking dust engulf me at the turn. L....
Thursday, July 31, 2025

Waves, Joan Sebastian, and Hemingway: A Central Coast Road Trip from L.A.

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Waves, Joan Sebastian, and Hemingway:  A Central Coast Road Trip from L.A. Reflections from a California road trip where literature and ball...
Friday, June 20, 2025

Tastes of Summer: A Memory of Strawberries

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Tastes of Summer: A Memory of Strawberries By Armando Ortiz Every year, from April to June, strawberries come into season across California....
Friday, May 23, 2025

Inca Trail Part Three: In the Wake of the River

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Inca Trail - Part Three: In the Wake of the River Tracing the flow of memory, myth, and history along the Urubamba. By Armando Ortiz, walkin...
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Dragonflies: Reflections in Prose

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Dragonflies By Armando Ortiz Live by bodies of water,  natural ponds, manmade lakes, hovering over the surface, dancing by the water’s edge....