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Daily writing promptWhen you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up? View all responses An Artist. Then I went on to pursue writing and drama. I did not know any painters. I have had moments to live out that dream and anytime I engage it, it goes well.

Daily writing promptWhat is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance?View all responses My middle name is Nicole. It doesn’t mean much to me, or at least it didn’t until I went to Egypt. I met a woman there named Nicole and we looked alike. The first thing she said when she saw me was, “wow, my sister how are you?” She told me her name and I said I was Nicole too. She…

Daily writing promptWhat is one question you hate to be asked? Explain.View all responses I would never answer this question. It would guarantee that I would be asked it. This will have to remain a mystery.

In 1781, Los Angeles was founded as a small farming village—not as a massive European colony, but as a modest agricultural community established by families from what is now Mexico. The settlement, officially named El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Ángeles, was organized under the direction of Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. At the time, California was part of the Spanish empire,…

Daily writing promptWhat advice would you give to your teenage self?View all responses If I had to give my teenage self some advice, it would be to slow down. To be more selective. To be braver with my feelings and thoughts in person. Don’t keep everything bottled up and only on the page. I would also tell myself that it’s okay to keep things to myself—to hold the things I love sacred, in my…

Photo by Julia M Cameron on Pexels.com In today’s fast-changing digital world, education is no longer confined to traditional classrooms. One platform leading this shift is Outschool, an innovative online learning marketplace designed specifically for children and teens. This platform is for students who are home schooled, traditionally school, and anything in between. The classes have small…

This past Wednesday my family and I participated in Ash Wednesday service and for some reason we left the church on an unusually high note. On our way to my son’s basketball practice, we were all very chatty and full of ideas. I have a feeling that this is going to be a very special Lenten season. Possibly even an artistic one. Could it be the blessing of Father Angelico? Father Angelico, The…

Daily writing promptWhat is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months?View all responses Over the next six months, I have some big challenges staring me down. The kind that makes you double-check your coffee intake and your calendar. But oddly enough, I feel momentum building too. Like I’m about to shed an old layer of skin and step into something new.I love a good…

Daily writing promptAre you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you?View all responses Protection is a strange thing. Most of the time, you don’t notice it until it’s gone. You don’t realize how much stability you live inside of until you move somewhere—say, an island—where the infrastructure falters and the basics you once took for granted suddenly feel fragile. In the United States,…

Daily writing promptIf you had the power to change one law, what would it be and why?View all responses If I could change one law, it would be this: every person who has completed their sentence should automatically have their voting rights restored. No paperwork. No petitions. No second punishment. While I am speaking about women, this doesn’t exclude men. I am simply reporting on a topic I…

Photograph of poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar in the Public Domain Paul Laurence Dunbar was doing a lot before most people even knew his name. Born in 1872 to parents who had been enslaved, Dunbar grew up with stories, songs, and a deep love for language. By the time he was in high school, he was already writing poetry—and not quietly, either. He was president of his school’s…

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of three officers of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Sitters have been identified as Second Lieutenant Ezekiel Gaulbert Tomlinson, Captain Luis F. Emilio (center), and Second Lieutenant Daniel G. Spear (National Archives) Group shot, officers of the 54th Mass. Colored. United States, 1863. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010650833/. When we…

Photo by RDNE Stock project on Pexels.com If the country is moving to a merit-based society, that is great. However, there are some places that will need to modernize their infrastructure. But in the meantime, we like to get in motion as much as we can until the pendulum swings in our favor.  As a child, my parents chose where we lived based on the school district alone. When my mother was just…