Tag Archives: literature
Air freshener, please?
by cheri block sabraw Hello Girls. [Startled young bodies crow-hop to the left] Alicia runs into a stall. The toilet flushes. The latch clicks. She feels safe for a minute. Cigarette smoke fills the space. Nat and Georgia copy their … Continue reading
Mind talk
I’m heading to New Mexico tomorrow to get away from California and do something different, now that the summer session at my little school is over. California has too many loud people and hot pavement. My husband and I, and … Continue reading
Why did the turtle cross the road?
Andreas Kluth, soon-to-be-published author and a writer for The Economist magazine, is rereading Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath now that his beat is the State of California and the state of California. He got me thinking again about the novel … Continue reading
A Granite Outcropping or Fool’s Gold?
I love geology. Digging in the soil circle under an acacia tree in our front yard fostered my deep respect for dirt. Without regard for soap or lotion, those little hands, cupped into human scoops, moved mud and rocks into … Continue reading
