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Meatless March

By Penny Dickerson March 3, 2013 Leave a comment

Let’s get the important questions out of the way first: “Who thought of this?” Whose big idea was it to proclaim the month of March as a “meatless” countdown of tofu-indused stress and a fruit and grain marathon? I love all fruits and most grains as well, but I am not one to adhere to […]

The Death of Library Books

By Penny Dickerson December 17, 2012 Leave a comment

Originally posted on My Quest To Teach:
The Death of Library Books Since the integration of technology into public libraries and school libraries the digitization of millions of books, articles, papers and research materials more libraries are feeling the pressure of the digital environment. Offering more e-books and downloadable digital information. Bexar County is moving…

ZORA! A Hometown Celebration (2012)

By Penny Dickerson November 19, 2012 1 Comment

For the second year, I’ve had the opportunity to cover the annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts & Humanities for the Florida Courier. It is emphatically known by a two-syllable, exclamatory moniker: Zora! Not only is it one of my favorite festivals (and I am a professed festival junkie), it has a certain […]

Transition with a “P”

By Penny Dickerson November 14, 2012 4 Comments

Something really huge is about to “jump off” in Universe Penny. For the novice blog followers, “jump off” is slang for the more affectionate & familiar: happen. I am in some kind of crazy cycle of coming and going, doors opening and closing, seeing the white of folk’s eyes and then willingly (or unwillingly) – […]

Nine One One – Personal Reflect

By Penny Dickerson September 11, 2012 12 Comments

September 11th will always be an emotional challenge for me. Since 2001, television or any indulgence of media is avoided on this day because the images that are etched in my long term memory do not need a sensational nudge by a lip-glossed news anchor, nor does my sympathy gauge need to see professional photographs of New York City […]