This week we had our fourth class in the personal financial management series at Hyacinth’s Place. We talked about budgeting and welcomed a new interpreter, James, into the class. The class was designed for me to teach the residents of Hyacinth’s Place about taking control of their personal finances and learning to budget their money, […]

Her thick wavy hair was pulled back in a puffy pony tail and her face was plain without any make-up. No lipstick, no earrings, nothing.  She was dressed in a T- shirt and slack fitting blue jeans.  She appeared to be about thirty years of age. Lucille was interviewing for one of Hyacinth’s Place affordable […]

It wasn’t long after I moved to the DC Metro area that I started looking for volunteer opportunities. There were several reasons for this: I had few friends and thought it would be a good place to meet people, and it looks good on a resume – no denying that; but the main reason that […]

          The shadows of the house were awash with the eerie glow of the street lights as they filtered through the window.  There was no cacophony of street sounds. No metro bus rumbling through the streets, no trucks, no plethora of cars riding past the house. All was dead quiet. And all of […]

Michael and Mollie answered our call. They are our chefs. I’d like to add, our volunteer chefs. Our M’s, as I like to think of them, prepare the most amazing meals. The first time Michael cooked, the most savory aroma found itself up through three floors to my office. Like a zombie I moved from […]