Grand Canyon
Garry Crystal Grand Canyon How far would you go to stop the corporate destruction of something you love? It didn’t creep up on him unnoticed as it did for others who found themselves in this situation. Isolation isn’t generally welcomed as a lifestyle choice for most and usually only comes to people in the later years, when friends have dwindled More...
Memories Of My Mother
I remembered my mother so vividly just now, As I zipped up the front of my long green robe. A gift from her one merry Christmas morning, I remember how I loved the color, its depth, The feel of the velvet soft between More...
Convictions of A Progressive Teacher
I believe teaching is not merely a job; it is a calling and an honor. I believe in children…whether they are young or old…black, brown, red, white or yellow…rich or poor….are each in need More...
Stand United!
America is more divided now than it has ever been except during the interval from roughly 1850 through 1878. America and all Americans have vicious, cunning, murderous enemies who choose to attack because they More...
Right-Wing Bigotry Explodes
If there is one thing we have seen this week it is the fact that the radical right-wing media machine is still extremely racist and Islamophobic. Within hours of the Boston Marathon bombings, right-wing blogs and More...
Malignity Made Real
This poem is the first part of a two part response to the heinous bombing of the Boston Marathon on Patriots’ Day in Boston, MA. Bombs are rankling malignity given ferocious execution. Obscenely they pervert More...
A Fantastic Voyage Into An Aspergian Brain
I may not be your typical person with Asperger’s, but what is a typical person with Asperger’s anyway? I doubt that there is such a thing, but there are traits that make me different than a person who is neurotypical. More...
