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OTRO CUMPLEAÑOS. ESTA VEZ ES EL 77.

IMAGEN: Autoretrato. Dibujo a pluma y tinta. Miércoles, 19 de julio de 2023. Frisco, Texas Hoy es mi cumpleaños. Acabo de llegar a los 77 años. Es un día especial. Puedes llamarme viejo si quieres, y no me ofenderé. Porque es verdad. Estoy viejo. Pero me queda algo de fuego por dentro, y en muchos sentidos, todavía queda leña por quemar. Algunas cosas ya no funcionan igual que antes, pero otras sí. Te contaré más…
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ANOTHER BIRTHDAY. IT’S 77 THIS TIME.

IMAGE: Self-portrait. Pen and ink drawing. Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Frisco, Texas Today is my birthday. Just turned 77. It’s a special day. You can call me an old goat if you want, and I won’t be offended. Because it’s true. I’m up there in age. But there’s some fire left in me, and in many ways, I still got it. Some stuff doesn’t work the same, but other stuff does. I’ll tell you more…

“Aunque eran gente de rancho, acostumbrada a aguantar los castigos del medio ambiente, el asedio del inclemente invierno cachanilla era otra cosa. El frío era inaguantable. Cada noche dormían en un lugar diferente, generalmente en rincones detrás de edificios en donde buscaban protección contra el gélido invierno.”

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Old Fighter Pilots Just Fade Away

It’s tough when you lose a friend. Especially an Air Force buddy and a fighter pilot like Ed Rasimus. We called him Ras. He died on January 30, 2013, but I was reminded of his passing about ten days ago, on September 29. He would have been seventy-three years old on that day. Several other buddies posted tributes to Ras on his Facebook page. I did too. It’s weird, he’s gone, but his social media…
Pedro Chavez
October 8, 2015
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America, my Kind of Lady

I’m one of the immigrants in America. I’m not alone. Most people in this country are either newcomers or the descendants of those that arrived here some years back. I came along with my family more than half a century ago. Thousands and thousands and more thousands of Mexicans have moved north since then. Migration from one country to another happens a lot, by the way, in much of the world. People leave their nation…
Pedro Chavez
October 2, 2015