But I had also attended Catholic schools and remember wrestling from a very young age with the idea that being gay is a sin. I can still feel the sting of being called “gay” on the school playground, and the crippling social stigma that came with being queer back then. Even as I wa...
My daughters play down the road at a summer camp, running around a playground, sucking on ice popsicles, and living the lazy days as I once did far away in Anchorage. I stand in my garage, preparing to leave to go pick them up from a day of fun. My mother is coming to us. Next...
I’m struck by just how much detail I remember about this place from so many years ago, the distance of time, place, and who I was then seeming so vast. There’s a well known phenomenon in memory studies, referred to as the reminiscence bump, in which we remember more from our adole...
I'm going to tell you what young people look like through my eyes. First of all, young people have a lot of energy. They are always running around, playing games, and horsing around. At recess, the playground is packed with kids chasing each other, jumping rope, playing basketball or ...
It’s a perfect case study of disgruntled tenants and residents who are both against the loss of the playground that nestles safely inside the estate as well as being very nervous about disruption and safety concerns of such a very new development industry such as Airspace. They’ve been ...
One winter day when my boys were small I was on the computer booking a ski vacation for the family, when I suddenly thought to myself, “It’s too quiet.” I walked to my sons’ room and heard hushed giggling. “Where are you?” I said playing along. “Are you guys hiding in th...
“He has the exceptional skill of being able to talk to each actor the way they need to be talked to,” he said. “Everybody has different needs or approaches and he is an incredibly sensitive human being to know what each person needs to get out of them what he wants. “He’s a...
“He has the exceptional skill of being able to talk to each actor the way they need to be talked to,” he said. “Everybody has different needs or approaches and he is an incredibly sensitive human being to know what each person needs to get out of them what he wants. “He’s a...
A high-stakes battle of wills ensues as Vol and his human allies attempt to thwart Gor’s diabolical schemes and save Earth from his malevolent control. The fate of the planet hangs in the balance as they race against time to stop the brain from Planet Arous. The Brain from Planet Arous...
The clouds, it seemed, had parted. Sunlight engulfed the playground. I gave all my strength. The sandals were in the air. We were both still as they spun through the daylight as if propelled by an invisible dancer. An eon passed, and soon they too hung in the air motionless. ...