Tonight I light a candleWatching the flickering flame dance as I conjure up memories of my tío His hearty laughHis wisecracking humorThe cool uncle who you would hope to be one day It has been a while since I pulled out a vela.And tonight this flame joins the over five million and counting candles that […]
I sigh It didn’t surprise me.I trusted my gut enough to expect it.But bracing myself for the blow can only lessen the impact so much.It staves off the element of surprise,But it stings nonetheless I sigh Justice denied is the status quoI want to scream this at the top of my lungsBut to do so […]
As I prepare for my semester I have been reflecting on a meeting with a student of mine some time ago, where I discussed the importance of not letting the tool guide the question. I relayed this advice much the way my own mentor, Maggi Kelly pushed me to not force a GIS question. How […]
La utopía está en el horizonte. Camino dos pasos, ella se aleja dos pasos y el horizonte se corre diez pasos más allá. ¿Entonces para que sirve la utopía? Para eso, sirve para caminar. – Eduardo Galeano As the fall term approaches faster than I anticipated, I am racing to complete my syllabus for my […]
Each year incoming students to Pomona College are encouraged to write a letter introducing themselves to their first-year advisors. After reading the thoughtful letters from my advisees, I decided to return the favor and write a letter of introduction of my own. I have sent this piece to all of my first-year advisees the past […]
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I am sitting in my garden under our mimosa tree that is covered in pink pom-poms, with an almost equal amount strewn around the reaches of the tree’s shade. I wanted to work on the garden before my surgery, to put up a pergola that would give me some privacy so that I could feel […]
Guillermo Douglass-Jaimes, PhD 