“What can we do to stop racism?” you ask.
We’ve been warned. This horrific shooting in Charleston arrive on the heels of the Baltimore Riots, the young woman attacked by a police officer in McKinney, Texas. Ferguson. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind it will happen again. It will happen again...
Dear White Male Professor. There’s nothing to fear!
When I came across this Vox article from “Edward Schlosser” this morning, I was all primed to agree. A friend whose politics I trust recommendeded it. It appears on a site that generally I generally enjoy. And if you know anything about me at all, you know my disdain...
Oh Charlie Charlie, how time leaps and flies away from us
“This bird will not die on my watch,” I declared. Thus, I entered the chase. The three of us — bird, human, dog — scrabbled around the house. The bird shook himself free of the dog’s mouth and in abject terror slammed against the window,...
A Portrait of Lila on the Eve of her 11th Birthday
I lost track of you this last year. Call it pregnancy brain if you will. I stopped making breakfast for you in the mornings, because I was too nauseated to toast bread. At night, our bedtime chats cut short because I was too large and uncomfortable to fit in bed with...
Holy Crap, I Did It!
This time last year, I was in the midst of applying for Argentine residency and couldn’t leave the country. The idea of being stuck and unable to travel was, to say the least, uncomfortable, but since I was also hugely pregnant, the discomfort of an extra 40 pounds...About Leigh
I'm a writer and mentor currently living in Argentina. Want to know how I created my ideal writing life?
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