Author Archives: Richard Guzman
Climbing Bryan’s Mountain, 2018
This is part of a series of excerpts from my Sedona journal, especially about my time on Bryan’s Mountain (Bell Rock to the rest of the world). Go to the series’ Lead Post, and read about Emmanuel House, the living memorial … Continue reading
Lucy Parsons: Increasing the Sum of Human Happiness
Born into slavery in Texas, Lucy Parsons sometimes shunned her African-American identity, claiming her Native and Mexican-American heritage for self-protection instead. However, her marriage to the white Albert Parsons so clearly defied Southern anti-miscegenist society that they were forced to … Continue reading
Someone Overuses a Pager
In memory of the old, old days before smart phones. Do pagers even exist anymore? Not to speak directly to you, or to do so, is to choose Between the fear of the distant and the fear of the … Continue reading