May 17, 2020
I turn 100 today
“I am turning 100 years old today. This week people have been calling and sending cards. It ...
May 16, 2020
I am 28. I have no idea how I got the Coronavirus
“I am 28. I have no idea how I caught the Coronavirus. I suspect I got it from someone ...
May 15, 2020
It was a shock to become homeless and invisible
“I’m just trying to make it out here. I sleep 10 nights every two months at the ...
May 14, 2020
I hope Quarantunes has Distracted Bands and Viewers from the Daily Stress
“I am a graphic designer. I grew up in Michigan and joined the Army in 2011. A girl I became ...
May 13, 2020
I want to tell stories that help people understand
“I wrote a poem when I was three. It was “A Foot Called Belly Button” and was published ...
May 12, 2020
We are waiting for our first grandbaby
“We are waiting outside Thomas Hospital for our first grandbaby to be born. It is a nice ...
May 11, 2020
No matter how long you live in a place, you can be erased and ignored
“My great-great grandfather, Mike Houston was born in Stockton, Alabama in 1863, and moved to ...
May 10, 2020
If I am going to work from a place of passion, I want it to be where I know their stories and they know mine
“I was born and raised in Happy Hills. I graduated from Alabama A&M and Cumberland ...
May 9, 2020
When you have the Coronavirus, you feel like a leper with a scarlet C on your chest
“I was working as a location coordinator for a movie shooting here. We wrapped out a ...
May 8, 2020
By the time I finally got out, my babies and I were Homeless
“Growing up in a broken home in Fairhope, I saw my parents fight all of the time. Some days the ...