By Lisbeth Coiman. ® Copyright material In Guarenas, an old woman lines up in the bank to claim her pension of Bs.160,000, the equivalent of $10 (give and take a few dollars depending on the exchange rate). She rests on one foot seeking relief for her twisting spine, crooked from…
Pack light. Both physical and emotional baggage slows the pace. Have a plan of action, A clear idea of where to put the next step: The name of a city, An address, The picture of the door you’ll knock on, The phone number of an advocate. Remember your tropical spirit.…
In a room full of women, a fourteen year-old boy has the floor. Jake Reisdorf, the CEO of Carmel Honey Company, possesses a combination of charisma and passion for bees and honey that mesmerizes when he lectures about the science of beekeeping. He works the room with confidence and the…
In 2004, I volunteer-taught an ESL class with the Ponca City Area Literacy Council in North Central Oklahoma. After each class, I went to a nearby diner on the corner of Grand and 5th, and sat down to write in my journal about my dear friend. I was severely depressed…
Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters, by Lizbeth Meredith. She Writes Press. Berkeley. 2016 Reading Pieces of Me, by Lizbeth Meredith, the Alaskan writer and domestic abuse advocate, is to experience the harrowing journey of a mother to find her abducted daughters. This is a story of resilience and…
I’d like to share with my readers the reply letter sent to me by Senator Feinstein (CA), as response to my petition to please stand up for human rights in Venezuela. August 2, 2017 Dear Lisbeth: Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns about democratic conditions in Venezuela. I…
I write to survive the shipwreck of my childhood, holding on a piece of debris, adrift in the dark, deep ocean that is my mind. I write to understand the shifting world around me, throwing me off balance, taking away my sanity along with the cardboard boxes in the…