A Year of Reading

This weekend I posted this piece on Facebook that Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul had shared-- Glorifying White Authors like DiAngelo Erases Decades o...

Credit for photo Sand Creek Cottonwoods At first the shade of the gnarled cottonwoods lining the dry creek bed is a relief....

I cannot be a bigger fan of Dictionary for a Better World by Irene Latham and Charles Waters .  WOW!  I was excited about this book when...

"To be WOKE is to understand that equality and justice for some is not equality and justice at all. We must stay alert. We must as...

Peonies have passed the baton to primroses in my garden. In My Yard Cat stalking the fledgling on the fence has thievery in mind. The young ...

I love this story. It used to mean just one thing to me: the importance of the individual, working against all odds to make change. ...

When I cleaned out my classroom last month, I grabbed this sign that was at the front of our classroom. It was one that we talked about...

It's that time again. Six months have passed since last we queued up to host the Poetry Friday roundups. If you'd like to hos...

There are two kinds of hills on my morning bike rides.  There's one that's a short but intensely steep climb. Yesterday, I had to st...

Last week, I posted a list of books that have been helpful to me on this journey toward anti-racism.  Over the past several years, I have ...