I know many of you are waiting to read about my trip to China last week. However, that story will make better sense if I first tell you about my earlier trip, two years ago. China is the most surreal junction of cultures I’ve encountered. So, please allow me a rare...
At 6:15 a.m. it’s still twilight on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. Indigo clings to everything: Redoubt Volcano’s ice-bitten crags across Kachemak Bay, and the evergreen hills and marsh grasses hemming nearby Deep Creek. Layers of clouds loll over the chilly August...
Cara Lopez Lee is the author of They Only Eat Their Husbands. She’s a winner of The Moth StorySLAM and performs in many storytelling shows, including Unheard L.A., and Strong Words. Her writing appears in such publications as Los Angeles Times, Manifest-Station, and Writing for Peace. She’s a traveler, swing dancer, and baker of pies. Cara and her husband live in the beach-town of Ventura, California, where they enjoy tending their Certified Wildlife Habitat full of birds.
