The Band
(Photo: Dad slapping da’ bass)
In this story, Dad starts his first band after a good friend of his spends all of his money to buy him an amp. The nerve of some people!
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Nino in America
From Left to Right: Nino (Great Grandpa Ezekiel) with Tino, Rose, and Toby Preciado.
Dad shares some stories about Nino working in the fields, working his flatulence out in the room that they shared, and working his mad game with the ladies…
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(Photo by simpleinsomnia)
There is a story from Preciado Family folklore where Nino was talking to some guy who owed him money. They were in their home in Mixtlan back then and this guy was giving him a sob story to explain why he couldn’t pay back the money that he owed him. Nino listened very patiently and with great sympathy for the man. He was buying it all and Epifania knew he was going to let him off the hook despite their family’s desperate need for income. So she took matters into her own hands, left the room for a minute, and came back with a gun.
“You are going to pay us,” she said. “Or you’re not going to leave this house…”
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(Photo: From left to right. You know. Just like how you read. Mom, Dad, and Tino circa 6 years old?)
Dad discovers that he has a knack for playing the recorder flute, but his dreams of stardom are crushed early. He also runs into trouble which leaves the streets stained Indian Red.
Just the Pictures!
Hey, all you kiddies out there who don’t have the patience to sit through an entire story, I’ve put all of the family pics (so far) into one post for you. You just got enabled.
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Josiah attempts to sort out three very different perspectives of his family’s story; his grandfather’s, his dad’s, and his own.
Read more "According to Grandpa…"Crossing the Line
Nabor’s illegal crossing into the US in the year 1960 does not go well. I mean really…I’d rather not talk about. I’d rather you just read about it for yourself, if you dare!
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(Photo by Cast A Line)
This story focuses on Nabor and Emlia’s 4th born child, Toribio Preciado. That would be this blogger’s dad. As a child, young Toribio had a knack for getting into big trouble; especially when it came to playing with guns…
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(Photo: Some rights reserved by hikingartist.com)
Nabor is rewarded for his heroic act of fighting the factory fire which only emboldens him to ask for a promotion. Give him an inch…
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(Photo: Some rights reserved by Judy_and_ed) Mexico. Mid 1950’s. No fire-sprinklers inside commercial buildings; no fire-extinguishers; no emergency lighting/signs; no fire drills; no “Smokey the Bear” en Español… No regulations saying that you can’t use diesel as a cleaning agent because of its tendency to catch on fire; especially not in a factory environment where […]
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Josiah Preciado 