Jacob Lawrence, When it is Warm the Parks Are Filled with People (1943)
Workbook: July, 2020
- July 31, 2020: Another unexpected milestone, this time from the bargain bin at FedMart.
- July 30, 2020: By middle school nearly all the girls in my neighborhood had been either raped or molested...
- July 29, 2020: There's one class I enjoy, the only small one I'm allowed to access.
- July 28, 2020: I can't follow this.
- July 27, 2020: Soft blankets spread patchwork over a floor of padded mats.
- July 26, 2020: It was quite a long walk for a second-grader.
- July 25, 2020: But there was one moment with one teacher I'll always remember with gratitude.
- July 24, 2020: A kid at school had a father who was a dead Marine.
- July 23, 2020: A single book changed things.
- July 22, 2020: A football player threatened me, in a very specific way.
- July 21, 2020: We all went Punk and New Wave overnight.
- July 20, 2020: This was the Led Zeppelin era.
- July 19, 2020: One of the gym teachers seeks to correct some appalling behavior he's witnessed in the showers.
- July 18, 2020: Because I spent my lunch money on drugs I went for the most part without lunch...
- July 17, 2020: For a time I was bullied every morning by an older boy who upon arrival would kick me in the shin exactly once.
- July 16, 2020: The boys are riveted by antlions.
- July 15, 2020: Scale the chainlink fence.
- July 14, 2020: My first experience of dishonesty revolves around marbles.
- July 13, 2020: Marbles are for keeps.
- July 12, 2020: I can't spell.
- July 11, 2020: I'm on the cool tile floor at home, my mother's apartment on Cowley Way.
- July 10, 2020: Iron filings.
- July 9, 2020: Mike and Rodney, the cool boys in third grade.
- July 8, 2020: The caliber of the teachers was undeniably less.
- July 7, 2020: There's a girl I love in school.
- July 6, 2020: That school is all tore down now.
- July 5, 2020: Sun. Summer. Sidewalk crowded with office workers on lunch.
- July 4, 2020: I find no surprise in the fact that the white-collar kids loved those programs.
- July 3, 2020: "Busted him for ripping off."
- July 2, 2020: Parking lot, my local grocery store.
- July 1, 2020: Unprofessional, rude, arrogant insurance inspector arrives without mask and without appointment.