Monthly Archives: June 2020

Gold Mine

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

At this critical juncture in our national dialogue about race, I remember, a few years back I picked up Go Set a Watchman, purportedly a new novel by Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird. I purchased it on … Continue reading →

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Tarzan

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

As a little girl, my family ate dinner at 6:30 every night. A meat, a vegetable, a starch, and a homemade dessert like tapioca pudding or apple brown betty. Often my brother and I watched The Early Show from 5:00-7:00 … Continue reading →

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Home of the Brave

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

In this time of tragedy and civil unrest, I take a knee by sharing this chapter titled Home of the Brave about my white middle-class collision with generational poverty in an under-performing urban school. ************************************************************************************ It’s only the sixth day … Continue reading →

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