My ten most viewed photos on Pexels — Have you heard of Pexels? It is a great place to find photos that people have offered to make publicly available. …

I’ve logged hundreds of hours building family trees for people — When I help people build their family trees online, the easiest way for me to do it is to just take over and do it for them. However, I can totally understand why someone would want to do their own tree. I personally get little dopamine hits from putting together…

Don Arnulfo Alvarado of El Sute, Honduras — Don Arnulfo has been quietly growing some of the best coffee in the world for some time now. He joined the organic coffee co-op in the Comayagua region of Honduras several years ago because his brother Don Chico brought him in. …

Vanessa Riley’s exciting novel set during the Haitian Revolution — In her novel Sister, Mother, Warrior, Vanessa Riley crafted an epic of historical fiction set during the Haitian Revolution, using the perspectives of two women who were central to the events to draw the reader in. One of our narrators is Adbaraya Toya, a woman warrior of the Dahomey kingdom…

Apolinario Garcia and Sonia Vasquez are making a better life for their family — Don Polo Garcia has been a member of the organic growers’ coop for many years, but it wasn’t until this year that we visited his house. When we visit El Sute, we are always hosted by Don Chico, who tends to monopolize our time. …

One of my favorite times of the year — My favorite season is the one I’m in right now. That will also be true at every other time of the year, but I do love this one especially. I live and work on a farm that is owned by a Montessori school, and much of my life is spent…

I tried to warn you — This short story will likely be my entry in the current time travel fiction contest over on Vocal. Jimmy Carter has been on my mind recently as he enters into hospice. I realize that even though he lost reelection by a landslide in 1980, his values have stood the test…

The Sanchez-Gutierrez family are survivors — Patrocinio Sanchez and Osiris Yecibet Gutierrez and their children Patric and Melany survived a terrible night in November of 2020. It was nonstop rain due to the second major hurricane in ten days and as night fell, they heard loud noises. …

Stop it. — This needs to stop. Medium is at risk. Knock it off. Four times this week I have opened my notifications to see a new person who has clapped for eight or ten of my stories, all at the same time stamp. This got my attention. I thought at first that…