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01/17/22

Observing Martin Luther King Day Way Before It was a National Holiday

Do you remember having elementary school programs as a kid where everyone would be in the auditorium or cafeteria to observe a day? I remember a few of those, pretty sketchy on the actual memories, but one program from elementary school really strikes me. I mean the memories are still a bit blurry, but this is how I remember things…. Read More

MLK monument in Washington DC

01/18/15

My First Visit to The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in DC

When I had the chance to tour the White House at the holidays, I decided there were a few other sights that I hadn’t seen that had been calling my name. I had to make time to do a few places on the mall. And though I had thought I’d write the posts in order that I visited them, today,… Read More

01/14/12

Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. & Civil Rights Efforts

Travel most of the week followed by a redeye and weather-induced issues on traffic, cut my office time to just one day this past week. One of the topics we discussed was the upcoming holiday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday. Sitting here on the weekend, I tried to get photos from my trip organized as well as… Read More

08/28/11

Mourning the Death of a Family Member from a Distance

This week has been filled with stresses. Traveling up until the last minute when I had to get home so the movers could come and pack me up, may not have been the smartest thing, but the results of the AgChat Foundation Conference will be felt for a long time. The enthusiasm I picked up from the 100 or so… Read More

Dick & Tish flank friends from Congo days

07/21/11

Global & Local Viewpoints on the World & Civil Rights

I had a chance to catch up with my friend Kelly’s parents recently. Kelly & I became fast friends in college and made more than a few trips to visit her family while we were in school. This small school Phillips University (Enid, OK) helped me meet people from all over…. and although Kelly’s parents (Dick & Tish) lived just… Read More

02/22/11

Spending the Day in the Fifth Grade

  Denair, California (2,642 miles from home) Hey Jake, On Thursday January 12th 2010 I took flat Stanley to school with me at Denair Elementary School. We read the book “The series of the unfortunate events” together. Stanley enjoyed the book because it was about 3 kids who go to a lumber mill, and while there learned about how a lumber… Read More

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