by Carolyn M. Crane | Oct 11, 2014 | Essays |
Monica Elisabeth Attermeier Brooks died on Friday, October 10, 2014 at Sierra Vista Regional Health Center in Sierra Vista, Arizona. She was 93. Monica was born in Cudahy, Wisconsin on New Year’s Day, 1921. She was the fifth of nine children. Her mother Martha...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jun 22, 2014 | Essays, Humor |
When I was a little girl, I’d sometimes think that my mother had been replaced with either a realistic robot or a CIA spy. I’d imagine this on those occasions when she was stern or grouchy (or both). I used the word mean at the time, just as my children...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jun 13, 2014 | Community, Essays |
My mom lives in a tiny complex of homes that shares a pool area. I was finishing up my twilight dip tonight when a neighbor showed up and asked me to help her cover the pool for the night, which I did. Once she found out I was Monica’s daughter, she told me how...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Dec 29, 2013 | Community, Essays, Politics |
Ed note: Since this essay was published, Fusshoeller has secured her green card. She continues to inform our community via Yubanetcom.–CC Last fall, I made a decision to publicly support a colleague of mine who found herself in imminent danger of being deported....
by Carolyn M. Crane | Sep 2, 2013 | Back Yard Days, Mining, photographs |
“Old photographs turn yellow, and times they come and go. But we can still do the boogie from the High Plains to Mexico. Some old angel from Amarillo must be helpin’ us to hold it on the road.” Terry Allen from “Flatland Boogie” One of my...
