Rock Creek I had lured a number of family and old friends and comrades up to Rock Creek to celebrate the rough anniversary of 45 years of my work as an organizer, as well as an upcoming birthday. Fortunate enough to have a Katrina Airstream planted along this beautiful river in gorgeous country in the …
Category: Personal Writings
Coming to Grips with Elite Public High Schools
New Orleans Some of my class at Benjamin Franklin High School came together over the weekend in New Orleans to celebrate largely surviving over the many years since we graduated. Our class stood for something though it’s unclear how well. Our class had been the first public high school class to be integrated in New …
Pulling Shots in the Service Industry
New Orleans Getting up at 430 AM to go to work reminded me of the days worked in the oil fields and offshore after high school where the clock started at 6AM and I had to be in the field or on the boat, or at Luzianne Coffee Company when I was 19 and 20 and …