They come to gather, to exchange news, stories, and memories, but mostly they come for the joy. Joy is a valued community asset in our troubled world today, and in Long Beach, […]
Joy, in Our City by the Sea
When We Come Together
As a young Marine turned subway cop in ’66, the ’69 Woodstock gathering of flower people turned me off. It was essential to just support our troops. But as the decades passed […]
From Mickey Mouse Drums—to Benoir
Each student is a violin. Benoir said his parents bought him a Mickey Mouse drum set. He said, “I played it one Saturday morning too early, and the Mickey Mouse drum set […]
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