Candelaria Silva – Good and Plenty – Page 25 – Connecting arts & culture to community and community to arts & culture

My son and Washington, D.C.

On October 16, 1995, my son left Boston to attend the Million Man March in Washington, D.C. He was 15. […]

The coldest day in Boston thus far this winter, and for the past few winters (January 16), turned out to […]

“You are what you do.” I heard someone say this on television the other day while it was droning in […]

I am a doodler when I’m in meetings or other situations where I will probably take notes. (I take notes […]

I am a Broke Bee in these hard economic times and therefore I am pulling out all my tricks on […]

My brother said the other night that whenever I called I was reporting bad news. I think he meant recent […]

I’ve been looking online for ear plugs but the type I’m searching for haven’t been brought to market yet. I’m […]

Things jump out at me sometimes. A friend or former colleague comes across my mind and within a couple of […]

I put the photos in frames at least a year ago but walking by them recently they jumped out at […]

Sometimes you can’t be glad for what it is, but you can definitely be glad for what it ain’t. My mother […]

One of my pet peeves about doing facilitation and training is that I generally don’t get paid on the day I’ve […]

It seems like the tensions in the world are causing all sorts of stuff to hit the fan especially in […]

What if the arts were truly visible in the community?What if there was an artist-in-residence in every school? (I’m talking […]

On Thanksgiving, my son and I took one of my favorite walks. We ambled from Ashmont Street down Carruth Street. […]

Submitting is winning: Sometimes you got to make it fit, make it work. Whatever it is.Say that you’re making a […]

Rainy Sundays in the fall are some of my favorite days of all.The weekend has wound down but the work […]

The sweet potato pie has been baked. (Yes, it’s sweet potato because that’s what I grew up eating, not pumpkin […]

I try to limit the number of trips I make with my dump truck to the dumps (i.e., ears) of […]