Mandate

From the “When I am Queen of the World” Files.

The following two phrases will be eliminated from the vocabulary of denim jeans manufacturers:

“Low rise”

and

“skinny fit”

That is all.

Raised most of my life in New Mexico, my job brought me to Northern California. I don't usually identify myself as a Californian, simply a New Mexican living in California. In the first couple years after moving, I distanced myself from my home state thinking it backward and remote. Then I began to visit home more frequently and truly learned a love for my home state that only comes by gaining perspective. I'm a writer, a crafter, a photographer and labor at a "real job" during the days.