Category Archives: People

Madre of Puget Sound

Mother Earth does not voluntarily release its own. The land of your birth, of your youth, will force you back into its womb if you listen to its siren calls and accept its certainty and security. https://www.amazon.com/author/wilsonfrederico

Shakespearean Arizona Queen

But let there be no doubt; she willingly drew the crown to her face and kissed it – and, by so doing, acknowledged from that moment forward that with power comes leadership and responsibility.  Heavy is the head that wears the crown. https://www.amazon.com/author/wilsonfrederico

A Rooster Tale

“So, they take this big, tough, nasty-ass rooster, too old to grill, too tough to roast…marinate and simmer the shit out of it, before it’s tasty.” – Anthony Bourdain, on the preparation of a Burgundy wine-based rooster entrée. I couldn’t have described my Latino “Pocho” life any better. https://www.amazon.com/author/wilsonfrederico

How Old Is Your Soul?

Yes, life ends organically, but I believe its energy, its spirit – its soul – travels beyond the known, beyond the human vessel that nurtured its brief existence on earth. https://www.amazon.com/author/wilsonfrederico

Parents Behaving Badly

You’re not your parent’s favorite child – or maybe you are – but you already knew that, didn’t you? https://www.amazon.com/author/wilsonfrederico

The Oregon Resurrection

I arrived in Oregon emotionally raw and alienated and left reenergized, reborn, with a renewed faith in people and myself. https://www.amazon.com/author/wilsonfrederico

Foodie Philosophy

Upon completing her tutorial, she turns, reaches for and grabs the doorknob, only to discover that the door was locked.  And that’s when it hit me. https://www.amazon.com/author/wilsonfrederico

My Corinthian Taxi Driver

So the driver scrolls through a variety of ear-splitting samba and bossa nova stations and tunes into a football broadcast. The announcer is frantic. In the background, you can hear whistles and jeers, the crowd chanting and horns blowing, but my driver remains calm, listening attentively, his back now slightly arched, gazing intently to the […]

Ron’s Gift

How is it that his conscience would guide him to offer a part of himself to another? https://www.amazon.com/author/wilsonfrederico

Veinticinco Años Maria

It’s the same in any language, a twenty-five year affair of the heart.