public service Archives - Nancy Schoellkopf

14 Mar, 2025

Tearing Down a Wall

Nancy Admin2026-08-10T06:53:16-07:00Categories: Current Events, Flash Fiction|Tags: Berlin Wall, Family, Federal Employees, Grief, loss, Mikhail Gorbachev, public service, Ronald Reagan|

I wrote this story years ago, when NPR had a flash fiction contest for Presidents' Day. It didn't win, maybe because Ronald Reagan didn't appear in the story himself. But [...]

22 Jan, 2021

My Capitol

Nancy Admin2021-01-22T06:00:00-08:00Categories: Current Events, Families, home, Hope, Memory, Musings, Prayer|Tags: capitol buildings, devotion, home, inauguration, January 6th 2021, public service, state capitals|

I have lived in the city of Sacramento, the capital of California, my entire life. So it was disturbing a few weeks ago to learn that alt right organizations were threatening [...]