Category: Social issues
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Echos: Polio, Diversity, and the Cold War, Part Two
This is the second of a two-part post. Follow this link to read Part One. Polio was a stealth virus, contagious only until the person carrying it developed symptoms; in spite of this, the households of those who contracted the illness were often quarantined. Overnight, victims and their families might find themselves social pariahs, remaining…
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Echos: Polio, Diversity, and the Cold War
This is the first of a two part series about Polio, Cultural Diversity, and the Cold war. I’ve been reading Polio stories, both narratives and fiction, each true in its own way. In my experience, the subject fits the weather, hot one day, then wet and cold the next. I contracted the virus over the…
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Dreaming the Inclusive City
Jennie was up early, watering the garden and brewing our morning tea. (The lettuce and spinach are up!) As has been my want of late, I awoke with the birds then went back to sleep. Over the past couple of days the trees have completely leafed out, turning the forest into a seemingly impenetrable wall…
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Graduation and Cultural Change
After a day of stormy skies and light rain, today dawned sunny and mild. Over the past week, many trees have leafed out, and the leaf color has changed from soft pastel to deep, vibrant spring green. Jennie put in our garden transplants yesterday; all around the neighborhood flower boxes are overflowing with bloom. In…
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