HeyJaredA Pilgrim's Notes
Welcome to "A Pilgrim's Notes." Join me on a journey where the crossroads of life, food, my Catholic faith, memories, and cultural analysis converge in words.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 2
- Latest publication
- Aug 12, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 10, 2026
Latest issues
Empty Lot (opens the original)
Read excerpt
My dogs knew her house well and would always look up at her door whenever we walked by. She would often come out in the mornings and toss bread to the birds, and sometimes in the evenings too. I asked her name.“I’m Celeste.”Subscribe nowWe would talk for a bit, just about the dogs or her cats, or about the book club she and a few others formed at the library. A few times, I saw a family member come by; that was rare. I would see her by her house or just down the street, never too fa
Critical Lessons (opens the original)
Read excerpt
It began in high school. Mrs. Montoya wanted us to see ourselves in what we read and to develop our Spanish-language skills. She shared pieces from Tomás Rivera’s landmark work,… And the Earth Did Not Devour Him. We read the Spanish version, and it remains one of my favorite books. Rivera based his writing on his experiences as a migrant farmworker in Texas. Now, I had never worked on a farm, but I know that we, Mrs. Montoya’s students, identified with the characters. Most of us were working-cla
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.