6
    Jan
    2024
    Sticky Post

    Nevertheless, she persisted

    680 ViewsI’ve been inspired by the story of Helene Hathaway Robison Britton for years, since I first came across of this plucky woman while on a freelance assignment for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2022, I got to write about her for St. Louis’ Riverfront Times. As the story says: One hundred and eleven years...
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    16
    Oct
    2023

    Oh, Incarnate Word

    I can remember with great clarity the first time I stood alone on this stage. It was January 1979. I was a sophomore auditioning for the role of “Ado Annie” in the musical Oklahoma. And I was as confident as a 15-year-old could be. ...
    27
    Jun
    2022

    String of pearls

    680 ViewsTwo wedding receptions, exactly 30 years apart. On the left, November of 1991, before we were even married; on the right, November 2021 at the wedding of a family friend. I look at the left picture and I think, “Who are those people?” I look on the right and I know exactly who they...
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    8
    Jun
    2022

    Over 50 and Outside

    676 ViewsSo far, I’ve logged 34 hikes in the 52-Hike Challenge. This is how I got started. Teresa Baker loves the outdoors. A California native, she was a regular hiker of Yosemite and other national parks, but noticed there were no people of color, like her, on the trails. So she has spent the better...
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