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An Impassioned Plea - Jada's story

An impassioned plea

            Mothers of sons (and sisters of brothers)

This rape culture cannot be changed by legislators! This is not about rules: this is about humanity.

Yes, it takes a village, the female voice of the village.

How…

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September Symphony

September Symphony from the collection Wild Cucumbers Atop a Hill Called Molly

...coming up on the rise that skirts a hill called Molly...
the greens and browns and splashes of daisy in bursts...like cymbals crashing..
sky blue is the…

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Chill from a Soccer hill

Chill from a Soccer Hill from the collection: Wild Cucumbers Atop a Hill Called Molly

…it was 5:13 when I’d found my perch
Up on the slant of the tall windy hill
I’ve just got to say it; it’s just…

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Today Within the Pine Cathedral

Today within the Pine Cathedral

            A chime did sound up high

            Three butterflies danced, hopping from thistle to sky

…today within the Pine Cathedral

Pure yellow, as big as my hand, like fairies they prance

Pure purple, as tall as…

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Writing in the Jury Selection Room

January 23, 2012

Last night I crawled in to bed warm.

The room thermometer read 70 degrees. It was so nice. I can’t even really describe how nice it was. And this morning I woke up and got…

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Timber!

Sunday January 22, 2012

9:30 AM 55 degrees – time to get out of bed.

10:45PM 70 degrees - time to get into bed.

The laundry is still washing…Duncan will put the clothes in the dryer for…

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A quick thought

January 21, 2012

Up at 8:30 AM – 55 degrees

Let’s get those fires going!

Okay…a full hour later and now I feel like the fires are going well enough that I can take a minute to…

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Inner-Connectedness

Inner Connectedness…

 

Yesterday I heard an interview on NPR with the founder of Smith Magazine about a new anthology he’s edited/released: a collection of stories inspired by the prompt: A Life Changing Moment. I was fascinated and as…

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Emerson House move-in

Saturday June 4, 2011
Now it's 4:26. I'm actually sitting at my new desk in my new office on the 2nd floor of the Emerson House with my book open in front of me. I'm sitting on a chair that…

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Weekend Thoughts

Wow – I finally found a corner with enough light to write. I just relieved Sonya at the Windsor Elementary Pajama Jam → an actual dance → in the hollow gym/cafeteria with the latest pop beats blaring,: distorted with indistinguishable…

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Afterburn

Afterburn…that’s what I’m calling it…

I see the dream so clearly at this moment and the world makes sense. Energized and alive, feeling that I know what to do to ignite the remaining fuel for a rocket boost

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My book 1-1-11 till 3-22-11

Have you ever chosen a font to support the thoughts you’d like to express?

My first attempt at this here and now…I think this is the font I’m thinking in today…

This afternoon is a bright and sunny…

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