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Finding courage on a Hawaiian vacation.
Read MorePosted by Stacy Appel | Jul 1, 2016 | Feature |
Finding courage on a Hawaiian vacation.
Read MorePosted by Stacy Appel, Melody Ermachild Chavis, Kathy Hrastar, Carolyn Jones, Robert Menzimer, Maureen Ellen O'Leary and Nancy Silver | Dec 1, 2015 | Feature |
Seven winners of The Monthly’s winter essay contest write about sump pumps, car crashes, robots, education, yachts, new clothes, and rich relatives.
Read MorePosted by Stacy Appel | Dec 1, 2015 | Feature |
Sometimes the real treasure isn’t money at all.
Read MorePosted by Stacy Appel | Jun 1, 2015 | Feature |
I’ve done some brave and foolish things over the years. Egged on by my friend Amy’s...
Read MorePosted by Melody Ermachild Chavis, Stacy Appel, Kathy Hrastar, Flossie Lewis, John A. McMullen II, Julia Park Tracey and Russell Yee | Jun 1, 2015 | Feature |
Death, meditation, positivity, grace, bliss, invisibility, and atrocity prompt introspection and deep emotions in the summer essay contest.
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Hidden in the East Bay hills, the Carmelite nuns of Kensington live at the most secluded monastery in the United States.
by Stacy Appel | Feature |
by Stacy Appel | Feature |
by Lisa Fernandez | Nov 1, 2017 | Faces of the East Bay, Up Front
Experts say that when caring for an elderly parent who lives far away, the most important thing is to join a support group with people experiencing the same challenges.
by Susan E. Davis | Mar 1, 2014 | Faces of the East Bay, Up Front
Rockridge residents John Bliss and Kim Thompson may live far removed the gritty flats of East and West Oakland. But this philanthropic couple see themselves as one with the citizens of Oakland, particularly those who are struggling financially, and they’re leading a campaign to get their “financially blessed” peers to invest in the community like they have by funding city programs to teach kids how to swim.
by Meredith Maran | Nov 1, 2010 | Faces of the East Bay, First Person
Oakland author Meredith Maran accused her father of the ultimate betrayal. Then she un-accused him. In this first-person essay, adapted from her new book, My Lie, she reveals how it all went down.