At a tricky-dicky little intersection today a guy cut me off – nearly crashed up my truck. I don’t have a properly functioning horn, so I was left with only the shoulder shrug and hands upturned, the international sign language … Continue reading
Calixto Hernandez came to the United States from Cuba three months ago after being granted asylum by the U.S. government. He was a political prisoner in Cuba from 1960 to 1975. He is a 73-year-old widower with three daughters and … Continue reading
“My story is a little unusual,” said Teresa Clark, chuckling as she recounted her first public trip after having undergone chemotherapy. “We had just left an outpatient procedure, just one day after I got my first treatment,” said Clark. “My … Continue reading
Martina Kunnecke has a lot to say. From the moment she walks in to Heine Brothers’ Coffee, she begins describing the latest efforts of her organization, Neighborhood Planning and Preservation. Even before she orders her tea or settles down at … Continue reading
The Shakespeare Behind Bars program is held in a small windowless room on the first floor of a building located at the far side of the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex prison yard. Participating inmates make the trek down the long, … Continue reading
Walking up and down the winding streets of Butchertown, a postman whistles a friendly tune and strikes up conversations with the neighborhood folk. Most days, Kevin Wooden is a friendly neighborhood mail carrier for the United States Postal Service. But … Continue reading
Nestled between a computer repair store and a barber school, Old Bikes Belong is nothing flashy. Its storefront blends in with the others in the strip. The window decor is even simpler: the business name and a graphic of a … Continue reading
Simon Mwendapeke Tshitimana, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, laid out his produce on the table at the Bluegrass Global Growers Market: eggplant; tomatoes; a pumpkin-like green squash; and roselle, a sour perennial herb common to African … Continue reading