A simple line drawn roughly halfway down a bus was a visual reminder of the segregation on public transportation in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. African …
Like Water by Jen Knox
There is no hand outstretched, no reassuring words when I fall. My body becomes liquid, like Bruce Lee said, only it’s not quite water. I …
One Truth by Curtis Smith
She’d punched a boy on the bus. Square in the mouth, once, then again. Her father had to come to the elementary school to get …
Daily Germ
“Don’t ever forget how to laugh or be too proud to cry. It is by doing both that we love life to its fullest.” -Nancye …
Day 37 2014
Liao YuTing shares the lovely idea behind her art: “Pure happiness or sadness does not exist, I am afraid that. All the stories, …
Master Stylist, Master Artist
My hair stylist, Allie Paronelli, is a rock star. Okay, maybe not an actual rock star, but she comes really, really close. She’s sought after …
Being a Best Friend
I’m sure that we have all had a best friend or two at some point. Personally, I have had several, partly from constantly moving throughout …
Daily Germ
“There’s plenty of sense in nonsense sometimes, if you wish to look for it.” -Cassandra Clare
Black History Month Spotlight: Ella Fitzgerald
If you don’t know about her already, Ella Fitzgerald was essentially the Aretha Franklin of the Jazz Age (you know, the era that F. Scott …