by unapocha | Apr 14, 2020 | Quarantine Life
I’m craving berries. Lockdown has not been a time of convenience. It seems reckless to pop out for every craving, so these dark delights just pile up on the wish list. Right now my wish list includes: Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Doritos, Pepperoni,...
by unapocha | Apr 13, 2020 | Quarantine Life
It’s a food foraging day. This pandemic is making sourcing ingredients a challenge. Stepping up to fill the void are restaurants! Even though yesterday’s cinnamon rolls used up an entire cup of sourdough discard, they also devoured our last envelope of...
by unapocha | Apr 12, 2020 | Quarantine Life
It’s a Sourdough Easter Sunday! He is risen & it is risen!! I have loads of sourdough discard and found a great cinnamon roll recipe to make with it. It’s on my Pinterest along with other yummy recipes. This was my first time making these and the rolls...
by unapocha | Apr 11, 2020 | Quarantine Life
The Border Arts Workshop keeps being a source of inspiration. Another member is gracing our vida with his knowledge. Producer/Director Isaac Artenstein is lecturing to our Media Arts Santa Ana MILPA (Millennial Producers Academy) today. Isaac is an award-winning...
by unapocha | Apr 10, 2020 | Quarantine Life
Puro Pocha Power! We had a fabulous and historic episode today on Dreamocracy In America with the infamous Border Brujo himself, Guillermo Gomez Peña, founder of La Pocha Nostra. Almost as exciting as having Guillermo on the show, were all the folks who tuned in from...
by unapocha | Apr 9, 2020 | Quarantine Life
It’s a Puro Pocha Party today! I have a long history with performance art legend Guillermo Gomez Peña. First exhibiting our video art together for the Vigo international film festival in Spain. The show was put together by Latino film scholar and former UCLA...
by unapocha | Apr 8, 2020 | Quarantine Life
The Decameron is blazing in our gestalt. How Can Boccaccio’s 14th Century Decameron Help Us Live Through COVID-19? These Sacred Cycles are eternally repeating. Would that we all had a charming Italian villa to escape to. Meanwhile in modern-day Italy, the...
by unapocha | Apr 7, 2020 | Quarantine Life
Juvenile Garden. My little plants have entered their awkward teens. The corn has started sprouting shafts. Right now it looks like giant tufts of crabgrass. Behind them, I finished building some new planters. They’re entirely composed of salvaged materials we...
by unapocha | Apr 6, 2020 | Quarantine Life
Buying groceries during a pandemic is a complicated affair. It’s super stressful to suit up like an astronaut and go out to an actual store, so we’ve been looking into delivery options. At first we thought that Amazon Prime would come thru but they are...
by unapocha | Apr 5, 2020 | Quarantine Life
It’s Sourdough Sunday! I’ve been feeding my starter for 5 days and am finally baking with it!! Every time I feed my sourdough starter, I drain off enough “discard” to keep the starter at about 1/4 cup. Sourdough discard can be used to make an...
