by Shawna | Apr 23, 2015 | Main Blog
Before you read on, I’d like you to watch this 2-½ minute video of a girl testifying before her local school board. Rather than be influenced by my experience of the video below, I’d love it if you would note your first reactions and what you noticed. Please post them...
by Shawna | Apr 16, 2015 | Main Blog
At my day job as a cashier at an upscale, organic foods co-op, I have lots of mostly pleasant and mostly superficial interactions with lots of mostly middle-class customers. Occasionally, customers will reveal something about themselves that gives me a glimpse into a...
by Shawna | Apr 9, 2015 | Main Blog
“Everywhere, everywhere, children are the scorned people of the earth.” —Toni Morrison About two weeks ago a convergence of events and thoughts ignited a long-smoldering ember in my being. Unexpectedly, I can see a pathway and have the desire and...