by Carolyn Waggoner | Nov 13, 2016 | Fiction, Humor, Politics |
Such an event had never befallen our village. We were so remote, so peaceable, so good. Of course, we had heard of plagues, but they seem to have been generally a cataclysm of the past, wrought largely upon distant and deserving populations. So, imagine our wonder...
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 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 | May 11, 2012 | Abbey Country, photographs, Politics |
Cochise County, Arizona I’ve been visiting here for over twenty years, since my parents left the Sierra Nevada foothills community we shared and started a new life here in Abbey Country. For many years, my dad would take us down to Agua Prieta for a fun walk and...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jan 20, 2012 | Essays, Politics |
I wrote this essay about a month after 9/11, a couple weeks after my dad died. I’m sharing it today in honor of Monty Earl Essex, Marine private born 11/21/46 and died 11/12/12. He was the recipient of the Purple Heart. His daughter Melissa is a friend of...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jan 17, 2012 | Community, Education, photographs, Politics, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival |
Nevada City, California Some random captures of the Wild and Scenic Film Festival, January 13-15, 2012.
