On Sept. 27, I posted the story of Elizabeth Keckley , who was born a mixed-race slave in 1818 in a Virginia. (Her father was the ow...

Those shoes at the very top are not a joke. I ran across the photo while browsing through “News Photos of the Week” on the internet recentl...

(Okay, so I’ve missed my first self-imposed deadline! This was supposed to appear on the weekend. And instead of the “Crone Complaint” app...

I started this blog a year ago because I was taking a class at the Worcester Art Museum from computer guru and famous artist Andy Fish. It ...

I’m back from three days at my 50th high school reunion in Edina, Minnesota and it was amazingly fun and moving and left me very proud of my...

(The design above, for the reunion invitation, was created by classmate Cary Carson.) Tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 9) I get on a plane to fly from...

On page 14 of Sept. 20’s Book Review, The New York Times published a shocking photograph of a slave with a horribly scarred back to illust...