Category Archives: law

Come with me to India for a few minutes.

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Karen Ray

  “What do you mean we cannot use the school?!”  Lokendra Singh Rathore, cell phone to ear, paces the dusty road in front of the primary school in Nimbera Khurd, a village of 819 souls in Rajasthan, India. Even in … Continue reading →

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Is it is Jet Lag? Or is it the Senate hearings?

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Karen Ray

Here I am newly arrived in India enjoying my favorite things about travel. Yesterday I did some learning at a grocery store in Jodhpur. Cake mixes give directions for baking in a pressure cooker, since Indian kitchens do not include … Continue reading →

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Memory. Triggered.

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Karen Ray

I committed the crime 14,893 days ago. It was theft. The only time I’ve ever really stolen anything…unless you count the piece of chocolate I ate from the candy counter when I was working at Woolworth’s. I stole a towel … Continue reading →

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Ice Cream for Everybody!

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Karen Ray

“I’ve got this great new plan,” says your teenager with excitement, “I’m going to make a bunch of fabulous changes in my life. “I’m going to get a car. A nice car. And I’m going to take a vacation. And … Continue reading →

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Indians in Napa?

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Karen Ray

A police presence was required at a school board meeting in Napa this month. All because of a discussion of changing the high school mascot, the Indian, which a committee of the school board has recommended. Hundreds of people showed … Continue reading →

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