The Great Border Storm of 2011, El Paso-Juarez by Bruce Berman ©2011 EL PASO –It was an amazing storm. Hard to believe it happened. Zero temperatures (in El Paso!!!!). Ice. Snow. Irregular electricity. No internet. Intermittent Gas (for some people). Highways closed. Jobs (including mine. I haven’t been to NMSU since last Tuesday! Bummer! I […]
Martin, man of dignity and courage, Lomas del Poleo, Summer 2009 Dear Martin, I said I would be back to Lomas and I haven’t been back in a year now. It’s crazy. I drive to work in Las Cruces three times a week and I look to the west and I can see you, I can […]
Street kids on Avenida Technologico, Juarez — 2010 Pictures? More pictures of dead bodies in the streets of Juárez? Hard to want to do. I’m not visiting. I live here. It’s better when you have to get the images for your boss/editor and then high-tail it to the airport. But, I’m not working for a daily […]
Salvador Valentino, Ring Announcer El Paso, Texas — May 23, 2010
Joy#2, Segundo Barrio, Sagrado Corazon gym — El Paso Sagrado Corazon gym. Sunday dance. Kick it. Kick it hombre! Golpelo, vato viejo (no muy)! Joy always seems to be somewhere near this gym. The ‘hood is really tattered now. Anything near the border is tattered or about to be. But ya gotta dance, yeah?
