My friend is having a bit of a rough go right now. She’s been an ESL teacher for five years, working with small groups of students in all grades. But in January, she had to take over another teacher’s class full time. So she’s in a new classroom that wasn’t hers with students that weren’t … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Valentine’s Day: It’s Not About You
Note: I define love as any act of caring for and hoping in another more than yourself. As such, love is not limited to romantic or child/parent or friend relationships. One of the things that used to puzzle me about Valentine’s Day was the amount of hate it inspires in so many wonderful people. Every … Continue reading
The Wounding Gaze
Half a year ago, on free Tuesday, I went to the Museum Of Photographic Arts. Of course the photographs were stellar. They had to be: Pictures of the Year, International. So they meant something too. A lot of them told heartfelt tales of suffering and struggle. Some were surprising in their compositions (a series taken … Continue reading
Naked Light
On rare rainy nights, Melindia Carter would take off her wig and dance naked in the cul de sac. The mercurial shine of rain in the street lights made her body glow, and the drops, like diamonds, shimmered on snaking arms before being flung to gutter. None of us who lived on Williamsburg Circle ever … Continue reading
