<one> The time I spent in the civil rights struggle for Black voting rights in 1965 was a very important part of my life. And the time I spent working for the Postal Service (USPS), beginning twenty years later in 1985, was important too. But the two experiences were very different, so different I couldn’t … Continue reading Karmic Collision – I: The Post Office, Voting Rights & Me. Dog Days Reading.
May 4, 2024 is the 54th anniversary of the Kent State killings of four students by National Guard troops during an anti-Vietnam war protest. Only a few years ago, on a balmy spring Sunday, was I able to visit & pay respects at Kent State, not far from Cleveland, with my good friend Henry Bloom, … Continue reading Kent State – May 4, 1970: Part One
On Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2020, the Washington Post ran an engaging story of two independent-minded women who faced down the CIA and won. That’s our first story: The two women were Florence Thorne and Margaret Scattergood. The Post: Five thousand square feet, wide windows, a grand staircase, a front porch with a panoramic view … Continue reading Two Stories of Quaker Women: One True, One (Maybe) Fiction
Ken Bradstock had something valuable to say. A lot, actually. Enough to fill a book. I hope he got it down, on paper or on disk, whatever, before he died on January 22. If I remember right, I first noticed Ken during the bad days of turmoil among North Carolina pastoral Quakers. Ken had been … Continue reading Ken Bradstock, Edward Hicks & Me
Here are three great snippets from Rain Dogs,the latest mystery by Adrian McKinty I just read, a terrific tale set in Northern Ireland during “The Troubles.” It’s Book #5 in a series I started just a week ago, and have binge read in seven days. Like I said in a blurb: Catholic & Protestant, war & … Continue reading Nuggets from a Mystery Reading Binge