I am not your American, I don’t want that name I might look the part, but I’m not playing your game. Middle Class clothes. Working class life Getting through my day without too much strife. I’m not your American. I read too much. But I can hide my books...
Photo by Markus Winkler I sit at my desk with my lap top open and begin to type. Just start, I think. Write anything. Write the first impulse of words! If you start, you’ll find the flow. My fingers stop. I stare at my plant that is trying to adapt to the new...
overcast.fm/+UJypFHNnI Here is your opportunity to listen to teachers as they talk about the school shooting in Michigan. We’ve heard from Politicians, Gun Advocates, News Organizations, Administrators and Parents. Teachers are on the front line. It’s time...
(Image from EarthSky http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/why-is-mars-sometimes-bright-and-sometimes-faint ) At 2 AM Rhia calls me again. “Mom! I’m tangled in my blankets!” Dragging myself out of bed, I groan and yell, “Coming!” Why...
January 31st. I am standing on my deck at 1 AM staring at the clear, full moon that looks as if it is balancing on the tip of my neighbor’s giant redwood tree. No wind, no cars, nothing but silence and bright, white light turning the dark sky indigo. I...
(Image by Chris Pugh, Photographer. https://twitter.com/chrispugh) October 12, 2017 It’s 2:00 PM and I’m sitting in a bar in Ukiah, California listening to the Fire Bombers roar overhead. Ten miles away, a fire burns out of control, destroying homes and...
