The following is a small part of a story of my life that I'm writing for my children. Since the name of our group is Reading Writing and Arithmetic Club, Lance and I have discussed that it's appropriate to put writings here, so here's some writing. Just for fun. It's a period of a couple of years during the 60' s. Even though that first year in Berkeley wasn't easy for me, it was endlessly fascinating. That was Berkeley in the 60s. When I arrived on the scene, organized student protests were already underway, and about to intensify. The Free Speech Movement had begun in October of 1964 with a massive student sit-in at the administration building, Sproul Hall. The students took over the building and refused to leave. A lengthy standoff ended with the students being hauled out of the building and arrested in a huge police action. Afterwards there was a continuing police presence on campus. This was the norm when I arrived. There were pro...
A rainbow of emotions is a lovely metaphor and burying some of them in the garden is exactly what we do at the same time as unearthing others. I'll be in my garden today thinking of which colors are which. Thanks Michelle. And yes it is still poetry month!
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