Welcome! About Footprints

Welcome to Footprints, IRMwrites’ blog about whatever makes an impression on me, and the impressions we make on the earth.

Think about footprints … on the beach, in the mud, in the desert sand,  they are transient, soft impressions that fade with time or are gently erased by other forces of nature.

I saw dinosaur footprints once, somewhere in southern Utah, impressions left from some long long ago geological event. But no animal except humans seeks to make their footprints permanent.

So I wonder, question, muse upon… footprints, the carbon and non-carbon kind. Who or what leaves a good impression, a lasting impression, on me, my community, our world.

I come from a working-collar, Catholic, Hispanic family. I broke the mold and left my hometown to attend Stanford University, studied political science and history with passion but chose to get my degree in English literature. Looking for “real world” experience before committing to law school, I ventured into the completely unknown territory of high-tech, joining Sun Microsystems in their Graphics Products Division and learned bizarre new languages like UNIX, troff, and XGL.

Fast-forward 20 years to now … as a wife, mother of two, still passionate about politics and history but now approaching life with a wider perspective.  Living in a idyllic coastal village, on a 10-acre farm complete with chickens, gaining every day a deeper respect for those who grow our food and fiber, and give us this day our daily bread.

Making my own footprints on the world… learning to walk my own path while following those who have blazed trails before me , seeing how many cliches I can get into a single sentence, being the change I want to see in the world.

Welcome to my blog. Hope I’ve made a good impression.

Wishing you great prosperity and joy.