Working in a classroom with thirty or more teenagers it sometimes feels like you need lots of arms, which is the reason my teacher totem has long been the octopus. This August, which of course represents the beginning of school in California, I’ll do a teacher move, pick up five Read more…
“It’s not my Seattle anymore” My wife’s dear auntie, a lifelong Seattleite, mostly “It looks like one of those matchboxes sold already” Woman talking to her boyfriend on the street, Fremont District, June 2022 I’ve come to realize that I have a perhaps unique perspective on my natal city. I Read more…
It’s been a dark month in America. With the shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, I had resigned myself to again write a monthly post primarily about violence, the central topic of my post for April. And I do have a couple of thoughts and links to share about gun violence. Read more…
I am starting to see the signs. They are sprouting in my neighborhood against something called Measure A, which is designed to strengthen the role of the mayor in local government here in Sacramento. One of the signs is in the yard of my councilman, a hardworking public servant with Read more…