"Maddy, we've got some very exciting news to tell you," said Mom and Dad. And I was very excited. I was sure it was a dog! They'd promised. "You're going to have a little brother or a little sister." ... [+]
Mountain Nose: International Voluntary Services/VN, ’68-’69, II-III Corps, as orphanage shop instructor, supply delivery, and recon. Member Poets West Society. "Paper and Ink" was given Honorable Mention in Short Edition's America: color it in. Contest, summer 2020.
She didn't think herself a racist. She'd had black school friends, worked with black women at the restaurant, and watched Oprah daily.But when her seven-year-old, white daughter brought home a children's book from the library featuring all black youngsters, she had to ask: Why? "'Cuz' I can read all the words, Mama."