During the nine-day summer break before the summer quarter started, I went to Leavenworth with my boyfriend and a couple of his friends. It was our first trip together that we looked forward to; one…
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This week on Give me a break!, I allowed my cat to shine by letting her tell her stories from her point of view. She has a lot to say. Her name is Isabelle. Whether…
Three weeks ago on May 5, I received the first Pfizer shot for COVID-19 at my local QFC, which I shared my experience with here. My second shot was scheduled on May 26, three weeks…
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost When I first spoke to Carlos Hernandez, I knew…
After a long wait to be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, I finally got the first Pfizer shot early in May and will get the second one by the end of the month. My experience…
The Seattle Central College NAMI Student Club is still new, developing through the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, the impacts of multiple pandemics of racism, economic inequality, and mental health have risen to be unavoidably present (if…
Just as Seattle Central had preemptively closed its doors amid the COVID outbreak, artist and Seattle Central student Myron Curry had completed two murals for the bottom floor of the Mitchell Activity Center (MAC). The…
I moved to live in Sammamish at the beginning of 2021. It has been a whole new world compared to the busy University District neighborhood where I used to live. Given the luxury of nature,…
After my second reading of Seattle-based artist and educator Chelsey Richardson’s book, All Water Has Perfect Memory, the conscious act of parsing her words had become an unconsciously raw, bitter, eerily lucid emotional transcendence. These…
May 1st is a day which holds multiple meanings around the world, from the origins of Beltane among the Gaels to the celebrations and triumphs of International Workers day. Although May 1st lies between the…