Photo by Brett Jordan on Pexels.com Yesterday I registered through my county's vaccination coordination platform. I'm not eligible to be vaccinated yet. At age 61 I'm still too young. But I was feeling helpless and frustrated as, one by one, my older friends and acquaintances started texting about the joys of getting their vaccination appointment, … Continue reading Vaccination Privilege
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My Constitutional Celebration
This morning, for the first time in more than a decade, I had to appear for Superior Court jury duty. The last time I was summoned I got to call a juror hotline the day before to see if I was needed, and I wasn't. This time, there was no call in option--I had to … Continue reading My Constitutional Celebration
“When Home Is the Mouth of a Shark”
Now that the White House has announced its plans to cap the number of refugees allowed to enter the United States at 18,000, the lowest number in almost 40 years, we need to stop and reflect on what causes people to become refugees in the first place. Why do they leave everything behind except what … Continue reading “When Home Is the Mouth of a Shark”
Cathy Standiford 