The series Mi Sangre by Roj Rodriguez started as a photo documentation of a personal journey to retrace his Mexican heritage and has evolved into a fine art project aimed at highlighting Mexican culture on both sides of the US/Mexico border. It documents everyday aspects of Mexican life, the culture and popular iconography, both as they exist in Mexico and as reimagined by Mexican Americans in the US. With each of the subjects portrayed, Roj Rodriguez engaged in sometimes casual, sometimes insightful conversations. Mi Sangre includes proud and elegant charros, beautiful and skilled escaramuzas, joyful and coy children, wise and innocent elders, vibrant and talented mariachi musicians, loving and welcoming families, and even fine art re-interpretations of Loteria iconography.

This book is about emotion allowing readers feel, imagine and contemplate a life that isn't their own. Poetry in it's greatest form is brought out from secrets held close and those moments we all wished gone. There are poems for everyone and some you can relate to, be life mistakes or a loved one no longer there. Understand that the words bound to these pages have only been for my eyes, though some shown on Writers Cafe to friendly poets now passes to the world. As the reader will see sadness, joy and love, find hope in dark times. Now I open the doors to an unspoken voice, each scream that resides deep in this soul welcomes everyone.

Let's say you're a corgi, you know, like the dogs Queen Elizabeth loves. And one back leg is paralyzed, so you use a wheelchair to get around. And let's say your owners, your primaries, think it would be ever so nice to go to London for a week. Sounds nice, if we overlook the paralysis part, right? But then let's say the plane you're on crashes over the Atlantic and you have to swim for it. Now what? Well if you're a really special corgi you'll endure burning aircraft, three-legged swimming in icy waters, and vicious seagulls before you drift to Brighton Beach and then to Buckingham Palace to become known the world over as Oceandog. Translated from the computer program DOGSPEAK, The Kindness of Strangers tells Winnie's story directly from her point of view, spotlighting her ability to overcome the problems associated with paralysis, loss of a parent, extreme attention from the world media, and the awareness of her lack of ego and superego. Winnie's unique adventure will please the entire family with her comments on food, other dogs, and what it's like to live with humans.