mike

poet, artist, friend, and father-in-law

russell sledge, 1965-2014

 stoltz listening room, avalon theatre, april 12, 2014

familia sorola

Starting in 1922 with my grandmother, Margarita, Gilberto Morado Sorola (1893 - 1978) and Leonor Longoria Gonzalez (1903-1998) had eight children. Five of these children survived infancy and had children, grandchildren, and some, great-grandchildren. Today much of the family remains in San Antonio. In early June I traveled there for mi abuelita's 92nd birthday and met some of these cousins for the first time.

david as bear

serena (his mother) & david (her son)

mellony, mi primita - daughter of serena

mardalena (his grandmother) & david (her grandson)

linda (her niece) & margarita (her aunt)

margaret

gilmar!

margarita (his aunt) & gilmar (her nephew)- each thought the other had died--what joy to be reunited some months ago