For the past two months and two weeks, I’ve been mothering my two year-old nephew Sam, and not surprisingly, the mountain has been the stage for so ...(More)
What I Am
I can’t count the number of times I’ve been asked, “What are you?” My dark curly hair, almond-shaped brown eyes, freckles, and olive skin that pales ...(More)
Confederacy of Dunces
I was taken aback today to see several people carrying giant Confederate flags on Stone Mountain. As much as I prefer to focus on all of the progress ...(More)
X Marx The Spot
"On the 14th of March, at a quarter to three in the afternoon, the greatest living thinker ceased to think. He had been left alone for scarcely two ...(More)
In Memoriam Malcolm X
Malcolm X was assassinated 50 years ago today in New York City, and there’s a particular slab of granite on Stone Mountain with the name “Shabazz” ...(More)
Maddox Gets the Axe
Among the many bygone carvings on Stone Mountain is a faded one just before the top that reads "Lester For Gov 67." I'm pretty certain it refers to ...(More)
A Nation of Immigrants
These initials are surely someone else's, but it's more fun to think of President John F. Kennedy whenever I pass this carving on top of Stone ...(More)
Voyage of the St. Louis
News of restored relations between the U.S. and Cuba making headlines this week during Hanukkah has me remembering the 937 Jewish refugees seeking ...(More)
