William B. Umstead SP

I ignored the Visitors Center and went directly to the trail.

OYL June 24

It feels like the story of our country has switched from COVID to racism.

OYL June 3

I look back at my COVID journal from a year ago. May 27, 2020. “Crossed the 100,000 mark today. That’s sad. Tara is legitimately convinced that this fall and winter the second surge of COVID will be even worse in the US.” Tara turned out to be absolutely right, and to a degree that probably […]

Real Time OYL

I was going to spend a long weekend in Scottsdale, Arizona to visit some friends. I didn’t go. Obviously.

Would I have passed this test?

Words DO inflict harm more insidious than is ever evident on the outside.

Why is this the moment of truth?

I’ve been raised in a world where the norm is to make assumptions about people based on skin colour.

Hands Up!

When we are faced with the reality of what we have created…it is a shock.

Presidency 2008

I wish I didn’t think of him as my first black President.