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Zeke Soza

Richer

Richer for the sorrow

1 min readFeb 20, 2023

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Richer

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Zeke Soza

My Own Private

In Tobias Wolff’s short story “Say Yes,” a white couple discuss whether whites should marry blacks. The wife, Ann, thinks it's fine. Her…

4 min readDec 2, 2022

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My Own Private

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Zeke Soza

Listening

“Writing, too, is ninety percent listening. You listen so deeply to the space around you that it fills you, and when you write, it pours…

2 min readNov 14, 2022

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Listening

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Zeke Soza

Give Me

Give me back the thing

1 min readNov 11, 2022

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Give Me

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Zeke Soza

Honesty

I’m a little stubborn and bullish

1 min readOct 31, 2022

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Honesty

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Zeke Soza

Attached

One of my favorite movies is the 1995 movie Heat. Neil McCauley, played by Robert DeNiro has a great line in the film. It goes, “Don’t let…

3 min readOct 12, 2022

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Attached

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Zeke Soza

Patchouli

I like to burn patchouli incense. It just happened like the strands of white in my beard and hair. I love the fragrance, the light smoke…

3 min readOct 3, 2022

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Patchouli

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Zeke Soza

To Be Good Again

Petrichor is the word to describe the smell when it first starts to rain. Merriam-Webster’s defines it as, “a distinctive, earthly, usually…

6 min readSep 20, 2022

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To Be Good Again

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Zeke Soza

Mothering

Yesterday was my oldest daughter’s birthday and the day before was the third anniversary of the death of my mother. It wasn’t always like…

4 min readAug 28, 2022

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Mothering

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Zeke Soza

Making Guacamole

To make guacamole does not take much. Tonight, for eight people, I used eight avocados, five tomatoes on the vine, four limes…

3 min readAug 11, 2022

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Making Guacamole

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Zeke Soza

Zeke Soza

California native, Idaho resident. English and Creative Writing Teacher. Father, Christian, Ex-Marine, Introvert, Reader, Writer.

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