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Roger Valdez

The Maker: Running From God and Redemtion

This is for my friend who will be unnamed. But he likes music and he does have an affection for Daniel Lanois (you know who you are…

Oct 16, 2020

The Maker: Running From God and Redemtion

Oct 16, 2020

Roger Valdez

How Mr. Prufrock Counted His Quarantine

More than 120 days have passed since all this began, COVID and quarantines and masks and uncertainty. But we count more than days. Bottles…

Jul 23, 2020

How Mr. Prufrock Counted His Quarantine

Jul 23, 2020

Roger Valdez

Huis Clos: Quarantine is Other People

There have been a few mentions of Bocaccio’s Decameron in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. I Googled it after posting about it. But has…

Mar 31, 2020

Huis Clos: Quarantine is Other People

Mar 31, 2020

Roger Valdez

Reading the Decameron in the “Hot Zone”

I’ve only just started, but it’s easy to resonate with the narrator of Giovanni Boccacio’s Decameron living in Seattle, a Corona Virus hot…

Mar 5, 2020

Reading the Decameron in the “Hot Zone”

Mar 5, 2020

Roger Valdez

First Day In Nashville: A Playlist

When I left Cincinnati I managed to get first class seats but I had to fly out at 6:30 in the morning. That meant leaving Mason at about…

Dec 8, 2019

First Day In Nashville: A Playlist

Dec 8, 2019

Roger Valdez

On Ken Burns’ Country Music

You can and you should watch Ken Burns’ documentary, Country Music, at PBS.

Oct 5, 2019

On Ken Burns’ Country Music

Oct 5, 2019

Roger Valdez

Mother’s Day:

Two pictures. Two men. Well, one man in the picture and the other a child, who is me, a man, now, I guess. They say it skips a generation…

May 13, 2019

Mother’s Day:

May 13, 2019

Roger Valdez

Jonah

There wasn’t any specific requirement that he preach a sermon. He was not studying for the priesthood. Not even close. But his advisor was…

Dec 26, 2018

Jonah

Dec 26, 2018

Roger Valdez

Birds and Bugs: Hope, Faith, and Knowledge

Last night I was indulging in some winter time moping around. I hadn’t been to Belltown in awhile and I was walking up and down 1st and…

Dec 24, 2018

Birds and Bugs: Hope, Faith, and Knowledge

Dec 24, 2018

Roger Valdez

Sanctuary

Her grandmothers adobe house had only one distinct bedroom. There was a kitchen where there was a door. On the other side of the house was…

Dec 11, 2018

Sanctuary

Dec 11, 2018

Roger Valdez

Roger Valdez

This is where you’ll find my writing that isn’t about cities, housing, or local Seattle politics. It’s where I’ll write about almost everything else.

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