“The most important part of an introduction always occurs in one’s absence.” ― Kate Zambreno, Green Girl Before we get rolling, let me apologize to Greeneville, Tennessee. Inadvertently, I misspelled the district name in last week’s blog post. As… Read More ›
Month: August 2023
Treading Familiar Floor Boards
“Call them gooks, call them niggers, call them kikes, micks, spics, wops, or frogs, call them whatever you want as long as you call them something—anything—that removes one layer of human being from their bodies when you think of them…. Read More ›
A Peek Below the Surface
“It’s not that you don’t understand, it’s that you don’t like it.” ― Min Jin Lee, Free Food for Millionaires The first week of school is officially in the books for Nashville schools. Still trying to wrap my head… Read More ›
The Gift of Flight
“It doesn’t take much to make the daily round with one’s employer work smoothly. A couple of ‘yessirs’ when you know that ‘not on your life’ is the thing to say. A few expressions of doubt about things you’ve spent… Read More ›