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Nabor begins working in an ice factory where working conditions are less than ideal. And back then, that meant a lot more than having to deal with co-workers who put seafood in the microwave…
Read more "Ice Ice Baby"For one of my Grandma’s birthdays, the family decided to make a video satirizing Chancla-Time. A bunch of us grandkids were filmed panicking in sheer terror in my grandparents hallway, fearing the approach of the mighty Chancla. As the camera got closer to us our horror intensified. Of course, we also set this nonsense to the theme music from the movie “Jaws.” My family is a bit melodramatic.
Read more "Chancla-Time!"Nabor and Emilia experience uncommon generosity from the owners of the hotel that they are staying at.
Read more "All Good Things…"(Photo: Some rights reserved by Gerry Balding) He kept up with the box-car as best as he could, but he knew that he wouldn’t be able to much longer as the train continued to gain speed. He looked around the boxcar for something that he could grab a hold of, but there was nothing. Just […]
Read more "Magdalena or Bust"(Photo:Statue-Blue Water Park, Guadalajara. Some rights reserved by ego2005 .)
Nabor tries to provide for his family by working for his father on some tannery shacks. It isn’t enough and he decides to put his wife and kid on a truck and a train to get to Sonora where he hopes to find work. Hence, the title of this post! Enjoy!
Read more "Tannery Shacks, Trucks, and Trains"Emilia cares for my crippled Great-Great Grandfather Porfirio. Nabor plants a couple of bumper crops. All in the beautiful village of Miraplanes. Not bad for their first year of marriage. Not bad at all…
Read more "A Good Year"(Photo: Some rights reserved by katacumbas) Nabor lived at #8 Pacifica and Emilia lived at #16 Morello just a block away. Nabor can’t remember a time when he didn’t know the woman who would become his wife and the mother of their seven children. They started “dating” when they were ten years old. I put […]
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This post is a collection of supernatural stories from my grandfather’s childhood. I’m just telling you his stories, okay. I’m not trying to convince any of you that there really are things that go bump in the night or anything, but lookout behind you!
Read more "Fire, Gold, and Fido."Great-Grandpa gets busted for illegal immigration. Great-Grandma tries to discourage her children from thoughts of moving to America. Grandpa begins running the family farm at age 10.
Read more "Journey into the Past"