Rafael Marquez Online

I’m not talking about the Chinese zodiac sign, which I happen to be. I’m talking about something completely different. On Sunday, I read “Crush It!” from cover to cover. Among many other things, it reminded me of a TV show that I used to watch. Do any of y’all remember the show Dharma and Greg? During an episode on the show, Greg left his stable job with the US Attorney’s office to “strike it out on his own.” One of [...]

This Ugandan memory books project is really neat. I think my favorite thing about the project is that it tackles some hard questions about who you are as a nation. What happens to the history of people that don’t write things down? How do they preserve their history and culture when no one is around to tell it? I’d never thought about what would happen if we didn’t write things down. I often wonder what memories my grandparents took with [...]