I’m cleaning out all of my teaching material, hoping that much like when you wash your car it rains. If I clean it out, toss stuff out, suddenly the world will right itself and we’ll get back to normal. I’ve been at it for hours, going through everything, my God,…
Some people say, “America, love it or leave it” I say, “American love it and try to change it.” Some people say, “Wait until November 4thand the virus will disappear” I say, “It’s a global pandemic you moron” Some people say, “If you say “All Lives Matter” you’re racist because…
Sofia is my best friend, my flatmate, my family. She is from Portugal, a place where due to COVID-19 she cannot go. She usually travels home this time of year to visit her family and friends, now she cannot. I find her observations of my country insightful and at times,…
I'm passing time just writing, pondering, trying not to read the news ~ and this is what happened. If you'd like to add something, feel free ~ I Feel ~ by Katrina Curtiss 6/30/2020 I feel like I'm walking in circles trying to find a corner. I feel like someone…
Let me have your imagination for a few And let’s pretend we are in the land of the Who Remember Whoville and the Grinch who stole? It’s a wonderful story worth being retold. I feel like a Who down in Whoville today The Grinch stole our presents away on his…
I'm noticing more and more stories being posted that only show one side of the story, responses are fast and furious. I got out of the news business when I realized that I was repeating things that I had no way of confirming, I wasn't there, so I didn't know…
The fence we chose to have and divide Is based upon beliefs, our morals and pride The fence can reach way high up to the sky We can’t see each other; no matter how hard we try. The fence can be brick, thick and strong Blocking out opinions both right…
It’s like we were walking our usual life’s walk, you walking yours at your pace, me at mine. Then suddenly a huge gust of wind caught all of us from behind and blew us towards the cliffs edge, the only way to not go over, was to grab the hands…