Suki Wessling: writer, teacher, radio host

Category: Culture

  • The saddest week

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    I realize that events happen randomly, but it seems that sometimes there’s a spate of some type of event that really brings it into focus. Last week, it was the suicides of gay teens. If you’ve missed the news, you can find it through Google. It’s heartbreaking and also somehow unsurprising. The details are often…

  • That's the way they used to make them

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    My husband decided that the perfect Labor Day outing for our family would be to a showing of the 1938 Errol Flynn/Olivia deHavilland version of Robin Hood. Our daughter is obsessed at the moment with knights and the middle ages, and our son says we never take him to movies. Perfect! I was, to tell…

  • Talking about blogging

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    Sunday I gave a workshop about blogging to a bunch of homeschool parents at the HSC Conference. About half of the people in the room already had blogs; the other half were thinking about it. Some really interesting questions came up regarding what a blog is, why you would do it, who is it for……

  • On a cold and dreary day…

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    OK, here’s what I want to know: Who stole my summer and when are they going to give it back? As I mentioned in my last post, we go to the Cabrillo Festival every single year. And I remember many festivals, many afternoons of trying to stay out of the sun, getting to wear a…

  • Cabrillo Festival offers more than just the avant garde

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    I was inspired to write more on a topic from last week’s Santa Cruz Parent newsletter (if you’re in Santa Cruz, you’re a parent, and you don’t get it, you should — sign up here). It was a small feature about the Cabrillo Music Festival, which is a great local gem. I am a big…