The Triumph of Trash
We all like to live in a pleasant, clean neighborhood. My wife Sandra and I especially like looking out our dining room window to O’Donald’s Park next door.
We all like to live in a pleasant, clean neighborhood. My wife Sandra and I especially like looking out our dining room window to O’Donald’s Park next door.
SJCC retiree Philip Crawford competed in the National Championship Powerlifting in Laughlin, Nevada, on August 15, 2026.
Luis (Louis) Gutierrez is a distinguished Mexican American artist and beloved educator whose influence continues to shape the cultural landscape of San Jose and Los Gatos communities.
Leslie (my esteemed former colleague in the Language Arts Department) asked me to drop a few words about my Spanish-learning journey this past year, and here it goes
The distinguished poet Rose Anna Higashi has gifted us with a thoughtful, passionate collection of insightful and lyrical poems covering a wide range of literary aesthetics, from haiku to free-flowing verse, in her most recent collection, Searching in Circles.
By Marty Kendall, SJCC English Retiree. Because my husband Joe and I take our bikes with us wherever we travel, we paid British Airways for oversized baggage when we flew from San Jose, California, to Krakow, Poland (2024).
By Steven Mentor, Recent Retiree. After working in the District for 29 years, most of them as a full time English professor, later as AFT 6157 vice president and then President, I retired this last May, 2025.
By Leslie Rice. I had the opportunity to visit Mexico City for a week this summer with family. I am embarrassed to admit it, but I hadn’t thought about adding this amazing city to my travel list before.
It was silly really, a wager between friends in an exuberant moment. “Whoever gets to Everest Base Camp (EBC) first wins!” I think the prize was a bottle of “really good wine.”
It started back in 2006, when a group of American Francophiles, including Norma Welles, SJCC adjunct ESL instructor, met and decided to form an informal French conversation group. They called themselves le Café des Amis (Café of Friends) and started meeting regularly, once or twice a month.