by Carolyn M. Crane | Jun 2, 2016 | Community, Essays |
I have known you for so long, many of you since you were three or four years old. I held a few of you as infants. In the early days, I washed your cuts and pushed you on the swings in the schoolyard. I dried your hands when you passed through the wash line before...
by Stephanie Hayes | May 16, 2016 | Education, Essays, Travel |
There is a well-documented phenomenon called the foreign language effect. This is something that occurs when an individual is learning a third (or fourth or fifth) language. As the learner runs into difficulty with the new language, the second language jumps in to...
by Carolyn M. Crane | May 11, 2016 | Essays, Reviews |
Commentary and review of the plays The Laramie Project, The Laramie Project Ten Years Later, and the film The Laramie Project. “Some things, only artists can do. Some things, only artists can do. And it’s our job.” Toni Morrison I didn’t want to read The Laramie...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Apr 26, 2016 | Education, Essays, Politics |
Lakia always sat in the back of my class. Not in the back row, even, but in one of the few chairs that ended up against the back wall. Her writing started out decent and gradually improved to good. She never volunteered to speak in class. Her features were strong and...
by Stephanie Hayes | Apr 25, 2016 | Back Yard Days, Essays |
I grew up in Marin County in the 1960s and 1970s, and San Francisco was our back yard. It was the site of many special occasions, and where we always took out-of-town friends and relatives. We would drive them across the Golden Gate Bridge to Ghirardelli Square and...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Mar 19, 2016 | Back Yard Days, photographs |
My sister’s home in Orange County has long been a sanctuary for me. I have spent hours gazing at her beautiful back yard garden. I wanted to share a few captures with you. Roses in many stages of bloom. Perky petals, a light purple daisy. Two Toned. Succulents...
