Cristina Spencer

On Friday November 11th the San Jose Mercury News reported that Frank Navarro had been removed from his history classroom for making a comp...

Last night I dreamt that I was caught in a train station during war time.  It was night, and I was trying to buy five tickets to get out.  A...

Two hour Hamilton sing along on the road to Hana There is so much I could say about the past six months, about how we gave up an ideal...

I thought you could use some plain old good news for a change.  So here are three small but, great things. First,  I saw a 7 week old J...

Showing up for roll call, strong in generations This week J ena Schwartz, a wonderful writing friend and teacher published a post she...

Dear friends,  It gives me inexplicable happiness to share an email interview I conducted with  Jan  Ellison , author of the novel, A Sma...

Forty-Four.  It's not a big deal Birthday.  And yet a bunch of people I love made a big deal of it.  Friends joined me an outdoor advent...

This week I took a walk with my friend Rachel at a place everyone in Palo Alto calls The Dish.  A paved path cuts through the foothills.  Th...

Half way through I realized this heart drawing was not going to come out "right."  But the thing I heard inside was see it thro...

Happy New Year Everyone!  I have not posted in awhile, but am so happy to be back at my desk after a busy fall and holiday season.  I...