Authors Note: I believe reading literacy is a RIGHT not a privilege. The privilege is in the fact that the law that protects your right to an education. I don’t know from what land or universe you might be reading this message, but live from planet Earth, on the North American hemisphere lay a...
There are hundreds of Mr. Dads, Ms. Moms, Jackie Jobholders alive and not so well in America. Their life roles are diverse. I knew one on a personal basis. I was an eyewitness to the struggle, the stereotyping and the social stigma. My ringside seat makes it insanely ironic that I (myself)...
Aware I couldn’t tarry in this forbidden land, I retraced and stepped carefully back upon the ladder. I paused looking about from my lofty perch. I witnessed leafy treetops bursting with preening birds, gazed upon the naked field behind our house and observed the lonely stretch of interstate adjacent.