Suicide Prevention: The Special Day Over, the Work Begins
An essay with links on the importance of connecting with others who feel alone in the world, inspired by my Lego photos for World Suicide Prevention Day.
Work-in-Progress Character Blog Hop, or Made Up People Can Jump Too
As part of a character blog hop, I introduce Tina Aguilar, the protagonist of my forthcoming YA novel, Surviving Santiago.
Like Shooting Fish in a Barrel…And Missing
Lessons about photography, art and life that I learned from coming in last place in a Lego photo competition.
Patricio Has Writer’s Block, But I Don’t: My Writing Process Blog Tour
My contribution to the My Writing Process Blog Tour, where I talk about the fun of revision and why I write about social and political struggles.
Why Save the Fulbright Program?
How I benefited from being part of the Fulbright program in Portugal and why the program deserves continued funding with no strings attached.
A Celebrity Event, with Soda
I cover the announcement of SodaStream's new Global Brand Ambassador, Scarlett Johansson, and get to know other cultural/lifestyle bloggers.
How nice! Karlijn left me a birthday present!...Oh, it's for Patricio.
Blogiversary
I celebrate the first anniversary of my blog and talk about my plans for it in the coming year.
World Tour Blog
As part of the World Tour Blog, I talk about my work-in-progress, my world music radio program, and some notable books I read recently.
Little Brick Township Gets a New Billboard, And So Do I
I replaced the old iWeb template for my website that I designed myself with a professionally developed WordPress template.