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Tale of Two Sisters
Making Amends with an Abusive Nun
Verbally abused by a Catholic school nun, Ann Winter heals her pain by making amends with the sister decades later. Read story.
Woodstock Memories
Abe Peck Remembers Three Days of Peace and Love at Woodstock Music Festival
Abe Peck remembers three days of peace and love at the ’69 Woodstock Music Festival. Read story.
Upwardly Mobile Housing Delivers Affordable Luxury
My Manufactured Home
Soon I reluctantly will leave Santa Barbara, but I cannot depart without revealing my secret to buying low-cost luxury housing in this pricey paradise. Read story.
Tales of the Unemployed: A Chiropractor's Lament
Eight Years of College and $100,000 in Student Loans Does Not Equal Work
Eight years of college and $100,000 in student loans does not equal work. Read story.
It’s Dia de los Muertos, Carlos Brown!
Candy Skulls in a Land Where the Jack-O’-Lantern Is King
Some thoughts on candy skulls in a land in which the jack-o’-lantern is king. Read story.
Answers as Questions, Auditions as Learning Experiences
An Indy Intern Tries Out for Jeopardy! in Santa Maria
An Indy intern tries out for Jeopardy!, leaves with a story and a key chain. Read story.
Rival Gang Members Join Together in Peace
Turning Pain into Hope
Aqeela Sherrills and Calvin Hodges grew up on opposite sides of the tracks during the bloody gang conflicts of the Watts neighborhood in south L.A. Aqeela was a member of the Crips gang and Calvin was a member of the Bloods. They now both work for peace and reconciliation in Watts at the Community Self-Determination Institute (CSDI). Read story.
Volunteering with Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans
Back to New Orleans
I’d been back to New Orleans since Katrina, for the first post-Katrina JazzFest, the festival that, over a decade’s worth of years, had endeared the city to me. Read story.
Back Home Again
An Evacuee Tells Her Story
An evacuee tells her emotionally draining experience of being put out of her home. Read story.
Wheels of Hope
Bicycles Provide Rwandans with Transportation to Move Harvests
Heart rate through the roof, lungs burning, pedal stroke erratic. Read story.
Rape Survivor Overcomes Trauma
A Tale of Trust
I was raped in the fall. I was 17. He was my first boyfriend. Read story.
Mustache March Rocks Santa Barbara
KJEE DJs Grow Mustaches to Support MS Drive
"This gives us a really fun reason to get behind a great cause," said Jenny. Read story.
White Christmas
I Went Back East to Find A White Christmas, and This is What I Found...
The old Bing Crosby movie is cheesy, but who among us hasn’t dreamed of being in the midst of one of those Nineteenth Century Victorian Christmas card scenes? Read story.
Is Aunt Edna Worth a Sweater?
Families You’re Born Into, Families You Create, and What They Mean
Families you’re born into, families you create, and what they mean. Read story.
Ode to Kathryn Bailard and Elizabeth Drouin
Light in the Darkness
Death and the holidays don’t mix. I imagine death and her cool shadow thriving in the doldrums of January or in April, during tax season, but she should leave the holidays to the living. As the calendar flips over to November and “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” takes over the radio, my thoughts usually start simmering with images of big family dinners, thoughtful gifts, too much chocolate, and great conversations with friends. Read story.
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