Bernadette LeRoyLibrarian’s Lament“I don’t know what persuasion you are”, she said eyeing me. I’m a white lady with white hair so people often assume I’m safe to be…Oct 27, 2022Oct 27, 2022
Bernadette LeRoyLife in One’s Invisible FiftiesI guess I never thought about what life was like for people in their fifties. That age group was always sort of unseen and insignificant…Oct 26, 20221Oct 26, 20221
Bernadette LeRoyIt’s Sinking in That Last Year Was Just the Beginning of the EndFor a minute this summer, I was excited that things were going to return to normal. I had the vaccine, the masks were off, the sun was…Aug 6, 20212Aug 6, 20212
Bernadette LeRoyA Call for Poetic DistractionWhen I first read the call for it I was confused. What does Poetic Distraction even mean? Surely now is not the time to turn away from the…Oct 1, 2020Oct 1, 2020
Bernadette LeRoySuburban Dispatch-Pandemic ParalysisLast I checked the blue-lit scroll, we were still in a very bad place. The epidemic is spreading and apparently our fellow citizens are…Jul 20, 2020Jul 20, 2020
Bernadette LeRoyHow this white woman learned to see colorI remember being shocked to learn that racism was alive and thriving in our country, it’s toxic tendrils spreading everywhere. I’d been…Jun 7, 2020Jun 7, 2020