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I presented a letter to the Norfolk School Board on January 9 (see below) instructing them that the celebrations of Christmas in my son's public school class were offensive and illegal, and had to stop. Copies of this letter are now being distributed widely around town. (This was not my intention; I had hoped that by presenting my concerns directly to the School Board, the matter could be addressed without calling great public attention to it.) Unfortunately, a segment of the community seems to be opposed to the idea of making the school into a comfortable place for students of all religions. More ... There are times when relatively minor incidents trigger recollections that have been placed on the back burner of our storehouse of memories. Such was the case recently when I visited the offices of The Voice and made some comments regarding the amazing advances that have evolved as the typewriter became transformed into the computer. In the course of my comments I was reminded of, and then mentioned, that my mother had been able to type 90 words a minute on one of the manual typewriters extant in the 1930s when she worked for the W.P.A. Arts Project. I had mentioned my mother’s typing because I had always been amazed at the speed and dexterity of her skill when I had seen it as a young boy, and only incidentally mentioned that she had worked for the Arts Project. It was then that Sarah (I’ve always had a subliminal affection for the name) said that she never knew that the W.P.A. had an Arts Project and suggested that I write about it. More ... New Delhi, December, 2001: On November 26, a surveillance helicopter dispatched from the destroyer U.S.S. John Gray, which was docked for R & R in Chennai harbor, invaded Indian airspace without clearance. Days later, the Indian government newly subordinated its land and people to the whims of the U.S. Navy and Air Force. The new military agreement, U.S. Admiral Dennis Blair assured, buys America’s newest ally in war a plethora of hope and promise. This is the fiction sold by the United States government. In reality, the pact signals a new darkness for India, and another portentous knell in the wake-up call for the world. More ... Arthur Hernandez conducts the Torrington High School Orchestra during the Patriotic Concert held at the Warner Theatre on February 2. Photo Robin Gourd. More ... Snack time during the astronomy program "Reach for the Stars" held at Wamogo High School in Litchfield on February 2. Photo by Robin Gourd. More ... Eric Regner Jr., with his nephew Logan Lesure at the Patriotic Concert held at the Warner Theatre in Torrington, on February 2. Robin Gourd Photo. More ... |
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