I had to sign up for a community action requirement; otherwise, I wouldn’t graduate from high school. I could’ve chosen to serve breakfast at the… Read More »A New Beginning for the Pool of Knowledge (from YA Novel)
Why can’t we do something about gunsThe list of mass shootings in the United States Blows me away Lawmakers, The kind of people who represent lobbyists… Read More »Too Many Mass Shootings
Sitting behind his desk, Armantrout’s eyes traced bookshelves filled with thank-you cards sent by former students. He opened desk drawers and read letters, felt surrounded… Read More »Armantrout Says Goodbye (from the Pool of Knowledge)
Back then, everyone was frozen in time.Not one person lined up for coffee or sat at an outdoor café. Schools were closed.Playgrounds empty.No one passed in… Read More »Post Covid: The Inheritance
I hiked to the top of something and felt the wind climb up my back. I’ve always told myself I have no senseof direction. But… Read More »On the Baccharis Trail, Oakland
Yesterday I received my second shot of the Moderna vaccine. It was administered by health care workers at Clinica de la Raza, a community health… Read More »Gracias to La Clinica, Boos to Kaiser
Vernon was Rand-Atlantic’s Chief Environmental Officer and lived with his daughter Noreen in a ranch house in Arkansas tucked behind a red bud tree and a… Read More »Vernon Wolfe, Environmental Officer