I Know the World is Bruised and Bleeding
and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence … Toni Morrison
Social Justice
Fall Foliage is Ablaze with Color … and the World is on Fire!
The world is on fire.
Vocal Activism
What do we have time for? What do we make time for? And how do we use our voices in service to a greater good?
Best & Highest Use
… what is ours?
Words about PRIDE
In time for Father’s Day, Summer Solstice, and PRIDE, I’m offering a little bite of this & a little bite of that.
Stand Against Book Banning
Join a Banned Book Club and resist the erosion of our literary freedoms.
It’s the Merry Month of Motherhood …
… or maybe not.
Making America Beautiful Again
I remind myself of the good that is happening everywhere, thanks to the everyday people who have chosen to neither stand back nor stand by.
In the midst of Nat’l Poetry Month
… isn’t this where we should be?
It’s National Poetry Month
“There is too much beauty in this world to give up on it yet.”
We can’t begin to know what next week will bring. But we can b r e a t h e.
Here we go, then, with a little bit of this, a little bit of that. Here and there a poem, maybe a song. Wade through it all or …
Baring and Bearing
In the Great State of Missouri, known as the “show me” state, it seems that “baring arms” is what most needed immediate legislation.