Miss Mirchin wrote a letter to my mother at the end of kindergarten, telling her that I had musical aptitude and that I should have music lessons of some kind. There was no money for that, and it never happened. (I did have a short stint taking accordion lessons, of all things, and...
While studying for his Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley, he met Shyamala Gopalan, an Indian cancer researcher. The couple were married, and their daughter, the future California Attorney General and U.S. Senator, was born in Berkeley in 1964. Harris and her sister, Maya,...
So, the thing that became my design document/story bible forSecret Sisterhoodbegan with my decision to bring my oldest superhero to life in a real way. I started by writing the name, then erased “Majacks” and wrote “Masterson” instead. The project was not yet about a sisterhood, but...
we’re doing more religion this year than we did last year or will do next year. We’re using some of the Mater Amabilis religion for form 1A year 1 (Bible and saints), part of Miche de Pain 3e année (focusing on the
But I got a letter from them recently, and it was addressed to the Rev. MaryAnn Dana. In it they shared a hope that they could someday come and hear “their number 1 granddaughter preach the Word of God.” My grandparents had a lake house in East Texas. I have so many memories of...