Wanted: A world awash in kindness

By Nellie Curtiss … If you could design the world, what kind of world would it be? Having had a shotgun held on me once while I fed my baby, I would want a world where violence was replaced with moms and dads who set a holiday table and build dinners with peas, potatoes, carrots,Continue reading “Wanted: A world awash in kindness”

It’s a new dawn, new day

By Nellie Curtiss …  On Wednesday evening, John Legend sang Nina Simone’s 1965 hit Feelin’ Good. He belted out at the grand piano under the Lincoln Memorial, “It’s a new dawn/ It’s a new day/ It’s a new life for me/ and I’m feelin’ good.”  These lyrics embody the relief that inauguration committee and performers felt asContinue reading “It’s a new dawn, new day”