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W. E. Ticas

Salvadoran-American Author, Poet, and Essayist

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The Weight of Useless Things

Why do we hold on to objects that no longer serve any practical purpose? A cracked mug, a faded letter, a rusted key—sometimes the things we keep are valuable not because of what they are, but because of the memories they carry.

Posted byW. E. Ticas (Walter Gonzalez)June 19, 2026June 19, 2026Posted inEssaysTags:Family, Identity, Memory, Nostalgia, Personal Essay, Reflection, Remembrance, Time, W. E. TicasLeave a comment on The Weight of Useless Things

Places Remember Differently

Memories possess their own geography. A reflection on ordinary places, the passage of time, and the quiet way certain streets preserve fragments of who we once were.

Posted byW. E. Ticas (Walter Gonzalez)June 14, 2026Posted inEssaysTags:Identity, Life Reflections, Memoir, Memory, Nostalgia, Personal Essay, Place and Memory, Reflection, Time, W. E. TicasLeave a comment on Places Remember Differently

What We Forget Also Shapes Us

We often measure our lives by what we remember, yet much of who we are has been shaped by what time quietly carried away.

Posted byW. E. Ticas (Walter Gonzalez)June 6, 2026June 6, 2026Posted inEssaysTags:Creative Nonfiction, Forgetting, Human Experience, Identity, Memory, Personal Essay, Reflection, TimeLeave a comment on What We Forget Also Shapes Us
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