Reflections

Reflections on Next Steps

Thoughts on the threshold of the next step. It has been just over eleven years since I arrived…

by alcoveadmin

When the flame of knowledge meets the flame of censorship…

Originally published June 29, 2014 Burning books is an activity that we, as humans, have engaged in for…

by Victoria Adams

Reflections ~ Banned Books and Social Stigmas

Originally published December 6, 2018 While in a cold-haze today, I ran across an article written by a…

by Victoria Adams

Beating the Odds

This was another FB post that I decided should be an entry from my blog. I have been…

by Victoria Adams

I thought I might forgive

by Victoria Adams

Even in grief and fear it is possible to dream

I am a storyteller, so let me tell you a story. In the spring of 1987 in the…

by Victoria Adams

Reflections on what “freedom” means.

First, I must admit that Independence Day often creates a deep sense of loss for me. As I…

by Victoria Adams

Why ban the Giver, by Lois Lowry (1993)?

According to the information provided by Study.com (updated 9/22/2022) the following appears to be the case. NOTE: Banned…

by Victoria Adams

The Generation Divide

This was another case of starting a post on social media and finding an article instead. There has…

by Victoria Adams

What is Biblical Literalism?

Last week we explored a sense of what “Originalist” means in the field of Constitutional law studies. This…

by Victoria Adams