by Stephanie Hayes | Jan 7, 2019 | Essays, Health Care Reform |
A Model for Compassionate and Affordable Healthcare As we in the United States struggle to find ways to fix our broken health care system, we have within our midst a good model of what health care could be in this country. As it stands now, health insurance is still...
by Stephanie Hayes | Aug 24, 2017 | Essays, Reviews |
Some years ago a friend asked me if I thought Beloved was Toni Morrison’s best book. I answered that it was one of the best books, period. To me it’s right up there with Steppenwolf, To Kill a Mockingbird, Wuthering Heights, Pride & Prejudice. It’s a book that has...
by Stephanie Hayes | Mar 23, 2017 | Essays, Travel |
Since the election last year a number of lists on how to survive the Trump presidency have been making the rounds on social media. At least one of them had “support art and artists” as one of their recommendations. Without really thinking much about it, I accepted...
by Stephanie Hayes | Dec 6, 2016 | Essays, Travel |
Stephanie concludes her four-part series with this look inward along the Camino. She made the journey with her friend Eleanore. –Ed. Camino of the Mind “You are an overweight, middle-aged woman who has no business being here.” “You are ridiculous!”...
by Stephanie Hayes | Oct 31, 2016 | Essays, photographs, Series, Travel |
Part Three of Four: Five More Things I Learned on the Camino I recently returned from three weeks in Spain where I walked about 140 miles of the Camino de Santiago. That isn’t much compared to what a lot of people do. The whole route is 500 miles long, which takes...