27 04, 2019

Formerly Known as Call for Submission

2019-06-06T22:28:11-07:00

I made a decision while thinking on how I would ask for work from contributors for 1st edition of Ambidextrous, the magazine project I’m working on. It crossed my mind that the word submission as in a “Call for Submission,” carried baggage for me. I would like to see a sea change in the way language is often used to frame concepts of bigotry and domination. I started noticing instances of what I’ll call "fantasy" or fantastic language playing out in computer jargon where there are master devices and slave devices.

Formerly Known as Call for Submission2019-06-06T22:28:11-07:00
27 04, 2019

My Mother Wanders

2019-04-27T03:28:43-07:00

By Jane PaulMy mother wanders through the creaky old house, not on cat feet like her favorite poem but on the squeaky wavering wheels of an elderly person’s ubiquitous symbol of limited mobility - the walker. Querulously negotiating turns that were not even noticed five or ten years ago, taking ten minutes to launch from sitting to standing, and back down again, from fragile weight on the walker to the comfy position in the one wonderful old big chair.

My Mother Wanders2019-04-27T03:28:43-07:00
17 01, 2019

Long-time urban gardener grounded in his soil and place

2019-05-23T09:27:26-07:00

West Adams — M.H Forte an 89 years young urban gardener for over thirty years at Good Earth Community Garden makes it clear that he marches to beat of his own drum— “I mind my own business and grow what I want to grow,” he proclaimed. Mr. Forte moved to California from Texas in the 1940’s seeking a democratic place to work and live out his life. He and his wife of sixty-seven years purchased a home in the West Adams area on Harcourt Avenue near Buckingham and Adams Boulevard in the 1950’s.

Long-time urban gardener grounded in his soil and place2019-05-23T09:27:26-07:00
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