Come on…this is dragging…

An editorial in the Modesto Bee reveals more on the continuing saga of a struggle to ban the book "Bless Me, Ultima" from required reading at a high school in Newman, California. Come on guys...play by the rules. I can understand community standards and allowing parental input. But it appears that the administrators and board …

Book ban: the community speaks…

"Bless Me, Ultima" may gain an even wider audience after last night's special meeting by the Newman-Crows Landing School Board. I've been following this story with interest because it is relatively close (unfortunately more than an hour drive or I would have gone to the meeting) and the issue is one that touches us all: …

You are cordially invited to a (potential) book banning…

In previous posts such as this one and this one I've discussed a potential book banning in the small rural town of Newman, here in the great central valley of California. The book, "Bless Me, Ultima," contains some language and concepts that ONE PERSON found offensive, so now school superintendent Richard Fauss is pushing to …

Serendipity on Sunday….

Love that assonance alliteration (blame my burned-out brain cells). It's been a while and a backlog has built up....and after resurfacing yesterday at the BAPPA digital day I guess I'd better post and dive again. The afternoon workshops were just as good the am ones. Checked out the Canon and Nikon sessions on their gear …