Sassafras Mama

I picked up Washington Black by Esu Edugyan as part of an assortment to be discussed at monthly faculty book club meetings at my ...

Though classes won’t begin until next week, back-to-school meetings have started this week.   My regular school schedule has begun...

My zinnia seeds are bringing me flowers and I picked a few on Sunday.   I added them to some greenery I have on hand and they make...

This week begins the all-school faculty meetings to ease us into the start of a new school year.   New students will come for a ha...

T and I spent the week nursing her stitched and casted arm and, as the days passed, nervously awaiting the doctor’s call with the patho...

Right after we dropped JT off, T had surgery on her left arm to remove an unwelcome lump.   It’s likely to be a benign lipoma, but whil...

Yesterday, T and I unloaded our car into JT’s Sophomore dorm. He did most of the work and consented to letting me make his bed, th...

The backstory: Having just finished his lunch, a giant sandwich I brought him from a local deli and while raiding my work desk fo...

This morning, I heard the news about the ICE raids in Mississippi and was heartsick as I listened to the details.  Workers rounded up with t...

We know that the problem here is angry, extremist, racist, disaffected white men with easy access to military-grade assault weapons and...