By Tom Rodriguez Part IThe Growing Years The Rodriguez BrothersBranches of a big treeDescendants of Aztec warriorsAnd Spanish
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Of Storytellers and Books
By Tom Rodriguez Ancient memoriesPassed down asOral histories fromGeneration to generationChanging as they passMorphing into mythsAnd stories Stories are powerfulAnd must be preservedWords chosen carefullyAnd
Immigrant Voices
By Tom Rodriguez ITumultuous timesThe poor of the worldAre on the moveA revolutionary forceUnsettling bordersTroubling governmentsAngering citizensNo way to stop themDesperation is strongerThan border patrols
The Devastating Topeka Flood of 1951
By Tom Rodriguez In May and June of 1951, rain fell frequently in central and northeast Kansas. It was in early June, however, that torrential
Americans Obsessed With Winning
By Tom Rodriguez Americans have a belief that life ought to be full of pleasures and rewards of all kinds, and that if you can
The Devastating F5 Topeka Tornado of 1966
By Tom Rodriguez On the morning of Wednesday, June 8, 1966, I had just finished working the graveyard shift at the DuPont Cellophane Plant in
Tom Rodriguez... Remembrances and Reflections of My Life 