Showing posts with label essay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label essay. Show all posts
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 ...
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, 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...
Monday, March 31, 2025

Seeing the Unseen: My Journey with Dragonflies

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  Seeing the Unseen: My Journey with Dragonflies By Armando Ortiz Life presents us with patterns of interconnectedness, whether we choose to...
Monday, February 17, 2025

Peru Chronicles: Inca Trail Hike - Exploring the Path to Machu Picchu Part Two

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  Peru Chronicles: Inca Trail Hike - Exploring the Path to Machu Picchu Part Two By Armando Ortiz Into the Lush Andes: As we continued, the ...