Two books that ruined my life – or so it seemed.
When you are the eldest of ten, and a bit of a misfit, you spend an inappropriate amount of time […]
Prickly Pears – Refreshing and Delicious
Prickly Pears are refreshing and delicious once you know how to harvest and prepare them.
Is that a googootz in your pocket?
Back when I lived in New Jersey and Long Island, we were surrounded by lottsa fellow Italian-Americans. I don’t know […]
Isn’t It Good, Norwegian Wood? Good Bye to San Diego Free Press
I didn’t think much of the novel, Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami while I was reading it. But just like the Beatles […]
One Voter’s Vision
What if we could be voting for a real vision, instead of just trying to curb the daily assaults on justice […]
Homelessness and Capitalism: Some Untold Truths
by Jeeni CriscenzoPublished in San Diego Free Press May 30, 2018 According to the survey in the 2018 Point-in-Time Count […]
Homeless families defined out of existence and assistance.
In his commentary in the UT 1 last Sunday, John Wilkens offered a creative analogy to the annual homeless Point-in-Time Count […]
Mommy (and God) Loves Me Food
I grew up in a little town outside Paterson, New Jersey where most of the residents were second or third […]
In Control by Letting Go
If the current dose of daily news isn’t enough to convince you that there’s not much about our lives that […]
Legacies Sown in the Shade of an Old Sycamore.
We never know what legacies we are leaving, what seeds we are sowing. Two years ago, my grandson, who was […]