Happy Birthday America OK

Most of my students come from immigrant families. Many are immigrants themselves. My family were immigrants. Looking back on my America, I was raised during the “Melting Pot” era when everyone’s immigrant background was stuffed away and hidden to take Continue Reading …

A Baby Me

To all my friends and families too…this is for you. Mostly, now that I am Grandma, and the baby has my senses, I need to ‘come out’….I’m not in the closet because my closets are too packed with art supplies Continue Reading …

Elmer Gantry God

Key ’73 was the Christian Revivalist Fishing to Save Souls Movement that caught me.  I was not at all interested in becoming a Christian. In fact, I saw Christianity as “Elmer Gantry“ism.  To me, as a stanch feminist, it was Continue Reading …