documents from one of my MAPPs foster-to-adopt training sessions “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles… The credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred … Continue reading →
When I was a little girl I secretly wanted these things: 1. to be in a band 2. to do competitive figure skating 3. to direct an episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman I spent most … Continue reading →
When 10-year-old Jonathan E. McCoy wrote and delivered this speech “A New Petition” at Empowerment Temple in Baltimore, he had no idea the controversy it would spawn. Though there have been numerous contrary posts, Jonathan remains unscathed by the venom … Continue reading →
I had a great time visiting family last week in Cali and those feelings are best summed up in the Cali Visit 2009 set I took with my new Blackberry Storm (handy Flickr app). What I really want to talk … Continue reading →
My oldest downtown Sacto-origins homie Claudia came up to visit me from Illinois this past Thursday and left early this morning. We hadn’t seen each other in four years. She teaches kids how to make art at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale … Continue reading →
