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Guest Feature – Touched by an Angel
We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life. Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies old memories of pleasure ancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, love strikes away the… Continue reading
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The Measurement of Success
I usually don’t like talking a lot about certain historical figures, not because I have less respect for them, but because they are so routinely used. Like, if I hear Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks one more time this month I’ll scream. There are so many other worthy individuals to discuss than to regurgitate… Continue reading
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Writer’s Quote Wednesday – Love Is
So as I pondered what to present this snowy Wednesday morning (Yea, you heard it right, it’s snowing in Louisiana again in February, insane. Thought I left this in Chicago, but I digress). I decided to switch it up this week with a song. Today’s Writer’s Quote Wednesday is Jah Cure’s Love is: This song… Continue reading
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When She Became a Woman
“She had been a slave until she became a woman and she carried a slave’s traditions into freedom.” – Jessie Redmond Faucet, Double Trouble Continue reading
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Recipe Sunday: The Mung Bean
So I have a niece with extreme allergies. As a result she is a vegetarian, but not just a vegetarian but extreme vegan. Her allergies are so bad that she cannot eat meat and is pretty much allergic to anything you can find in the dictionary. So anyway, I invited my sister and my nieces… Continue reading
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The Ordinary Acts
“The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.”- Thomas More Continue reading
