Swaying Grasses | A Poem by Georgia Sanders
Eating plastic food from a plastic plate Looking for swaying grasses in memories of the sea Forces pulling – sorrow-drenched knowing …
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People of Note | Aminah “Chef Mimi” Robinson-Briscoe, Founder of the Black Food & Wine Experience
(Chef Mimi has)….created community through the Black Food & Wine Experience, which was held for the fifth time this summer…
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Series | Social Justice Tourism – Ball so Hard… Europe
A week of romping through euro countries, many that are geographically or populously smaller than states at home. Trains, planes, and the unwise decision to rent an automobile.
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Nurse in the Kitchen | The Case for Plant-Based Eating
In the Emergency Department, I see chronic illness every day. The majority of my patients over 40 years old have either high blood pressure,…
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Pasadena Chalk Festival ‘22 | Building Community One Mural at a Time
Pasadena Chalk Festival ‘22: How a Piece of Chalk is Able to Create Extraordinary Art and Build Community One Mural at a Time! Imagine…
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Show Review | Moon Knight
Have you ever heard of Moon Knight before? In the past he may have been considered a more minor hero when it came to…
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Video Game Review | Life is Strange – True Colors
While video games have increased the number of canon LGBTQ characters that doesn’t mean they always hit the mark. Sometimes games fall into tropes and stereotypes…
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Series | Social Justice Tourism – Take Me Home, Country Roads
This was in May of 2020. The world was only about less than four months into the COVID-19 pandemic.
Even for a family of four with just enough space in our home and a reasonably sized backyard…
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A Poem by Julie Clark | Palm Branches
…But the palm waving
Crowds shouting
Hosanna, quickly turned
To Crucify him
When he did not do
What they thought
He was supposed to do.
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Pasadena, CA | A Tale of Two Runners, 2022
The year was 1859 and Charles Dickens was writing about the French Revolution…
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” wrote Charles Dickens at the beginning of his seminal book A Tale of Two Cities.
Documentary Review | The Reason I Jump
“What do you know about autism?” If someone asked me this question, I would have to answer honestly with, “Not much.” I know that…
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Documentary Review | Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off
…what many might not know is that before he became the skateboard legend he is today, he was a skinny kid whose father was too involved in the sport and whose tricks weren’t considered cool enough…
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