Living in the south, trains are seen mainly as a means to transport cargo. Each year when I begin my lessons in US History, the students first draw a map of the Transcontinental Railroad as a way to situate themselves historically and geographically. To them, trains are merely the means to transport cargo. They know, […]
MoreMy summer stays stacked with work and activities. If I don’t get that vacation in asap, it might not happen. Two days before school ended, I saw an opening on Texas Caribbean’s MV Fling. Before it could fill, I took the plunge and bought my 4-day, 3-night adventure aboard the 30-person live-aboard. Never mind that […]
MoreWe need to hear with straining hearts a pained language that speaks to a truth we sweep under our fluffy rugs as we demand to live in a peace that benefits only the comfortable.
dana bundy 