Pride, Sanctuary and Public Trust

The timeline of events preceding the cancellation of Sanctuary’s NYE event was pretty damn predictable. Announce an event for the future and bank on enough people wishing COVID somehow will resolve itself before January 1st in this the year of our Dolly 2021 to buy tickets to an in person party with 84 other people … Continue reading Pride, Sanctuary and Public Trust

Scarcity in Black Boy by Richard Wright

When describing the pivotal moment when a black boy of nine was asked where, in that the year of their Lord 1917, he would like to reside in these United States - North or South, Richard Wright has relatively little to say. Earlier in his memoir, Mr. Wright describes a dirt road near where he … Continue reading Scarcity in Black Boy by Richard Wright