Gabi Clayton . . . For an Indian, who is also a school teacher, Thanksgiving was never an easy holiday for me to deal with in class. I sometimes have felt like I learned too much about “the Pilgrims and the Indians.” Every year I have been faced with the professional and moral dilemma of just how …
I don’t often promote other people’s stuff, but Noel gave me this very special poster two years ago for Christmas and some people have asked about it. Noel grew up seeing this photograph: From left to right ~ there is my sister Mimi, a photographer from southern California who my mother tried to set me …
I first heard about the word Schadenfreude on Boston Legal – one of my favorite television shows. “Schadenfreude” is the title of a Boston Legal episode wherein character Alan Shore (James Spader) uses the term in explaining why some defendants are convicted of an unrelated crime after having engaged in culturally unacceptable or possibly illegal …
“Listen, stories move in circles. They don’t go in straight lines. So it helps if you listen in circles because there are stories inside and stories between stories and finding your way through them is as easy and as hard as finding your way home. And part of the finding is the getting lost. And …
While I was in California visiting my family earlier this month my sister drove me down Florence Avenue in Sebastopol. WOW! There is some wonderful sculpture there! Mimi drove me back so I could take these photos: The sculptures are by Patrick Amiot and his wife Brigitte Laurent. They have a website with much more …
I was in Rohnert Park, California from October 11th to 16th. That’s north of San Francisco, near Santa Rosa. It was a trip planned to see my family – to celebrate my brother’s birthday on the 13th. He is 6 years younger than me and I am 54. You do the math. Michael’s wife Nita …