Linda Huesca Tully

Thankful Thursday: A Valentine to The Ones I Love

“I want you for my Valentine, So herewith I will shout it. And now the question’s up to you, What will you do about it?” Today I’m taking a break from the usual family stories of the past that typically appear here. (Warning: it gets more sentimental than usual. If you are family, you’ll have … Continue reading

Wisdom Wednesday: Learning New Perspectives

My school hygiene committee card, issued in 1966, stated on the reverse that I would promise to be a good example of physical, mental, and moral health, and would strive to promote the same for the betterment of Mexico. When my sisters and I attended school in Mexico City in the mid-1960s, we learned that not only … Continue reading

Talented Tuesday: A Most Gifted Teacher

My science book from the sixth grade at Ezequiel A. Chavez School, Mexico City, D.F., 1967 On my first day of school in Mexico City, I noticed something I had never seen back home in Chicago. As we entered the classroom, most, if not all, of the students kissed the teacher on the cheek as … Continue reading

A New Country, A New School

Not long after arriving in Mexico City in 1964, our parents had to enroll us in a new school. They were of the mind that immersion was the best way for children to learn a language. Unlike many Americans living in the capital, they resisted living in the expat neighborhoods, preferring to expose us to … Continue reading

Taking the Plunge

By Power_of_Words_by_Antonio_Litterio.jpg: Antonio Litterio derivative work: InverseHypercube (Power_of_Words_by_Antonio_Litterio.jpg) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons One of the wonderful things about writing a blog is discovering a wonderful community of people with similar interests and challenges. In the case of a family history blog, there is a large and delightful community of fascinating, well-read, and articulate writers … Continue reading

Family Recipe Friday: Arroz con Leche (Rice Pudding)

Mmm…that feeling you get when “comfort food” takes you back. Rice Pudding, also known in Spain and Latin America as Arroz con Leche. Courtesy Wikipedia; in the public domain. Having cooked for her family’s two hotels in Veracruz state in the 1920s and 30s and for her family of 13 every day for much of … Continue reading

Those Places Thursday: Abuelita’s World

Moorish Kiosk, The Alameda Park, Mexico City. By Ulisesmorales (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons My grandmother, Catalina (Perrotin) Huesca, lived in a small one bedroom flat at 145-B Carpio Street, in the Santa Maria la Ribera neighborhood. The neighborhood, or colonia, was the oldest in the Federal District. Its centerpiece, just a block from my grandmother’s … Continue reading

Wisdom Wednesday: A Grandmother’s Love

Catalina (Perrotin) Huesca (1893 – 1998) “Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while, but our hearts forever.” – Author unknown My grandmother, Catalina (Perrotin) Huesca, Chicago, about 64 years old, 1956. One of my earliest – and warmest – memories of living with my grandmother, or Abuelita Catalina (Perrotin) Huesca was our first night … Continue reading

Traveling Tuesday: South of the Border Bound

CC courtesy of Eva Luedin on Flickr Decisions to move are not made lightly, especially when a large family and a great distance is involved. My parents thought long and hard about leaving Chicago, where my mother had been born and lived all her life, and transplanting our roots to Mexico City in early … Continue reading

Madness Monday: Cold War Mania

Bert the Turtle taught me and other children of the 1950s and 1960s how to protect ourselves in the event of a nuclear bomb. 1952, Creative Commons, originally published by the U.S. Government and Archer Productions. Though life on South Luella Avenue in the early 1960s was indeed full of innocence and bliss for the … Continue reading