1. Soldiers/Police Attacked their Fellow Citizens. The Boston Massacre was not a battle between soldiers and rebels, but between a peacekeeping force and the people they were meant to protect. In 1770 the colonists were still citizens of England. At the subsequent trial, future US president John Adams defended the British soldiers, but stated: “I […]
What My Dog Taught Me About Writing
Dogs Make Excellent Writing Partners Writing can be lonely, but friends are distracting. Dogs are companionable, without being conversational. You can type quietly, suddenly talk, then stop mid-sentence without repercussion. You can test a phrase nineteen different ways. Twenty. Hit delete. Start over; your dog’s happy. Skip the Purina Garvey will eat anything but commercial […]
Rest Here
Wind, power, speed; we zoom up the mountain to the place that prints the papers, where you can get The Wall Street Journal early. I love the orange motorcycle the way other girls love ponies. At three, I have my own helmet and know to hold on tight, but I must not be holding tight […]
