Category: Ramblings
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In Case You Were Wondering…
In case you were wondering… Terror is when you choose a random woman on the street because of the color of her skin and tell her to kneel before you in sorrow for the sins of ancestors she has never met. Terror is not when you ask questions about the ingredients and effects of those…
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Reposting for Me (and you, too, if it helps)
On July 10, 2020, I posted the poem shown below. It fell out onto the pages of my journal after a meditation on John, Chapter 8; and it spoke so clearly to me of my need to drop the burden of self-righteousness that I had been carrying in the political conversations I had been having…
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Lifetime Member of the Dead Poets Society
One of my favorite movies of all time is Dead Poets Society. Released in 1989, when I was 19 years old and quite impressionable, the movie had a profound influence on me. The main theme of the story focused on the idea of educating young people to think for themselves by refraining from conforming to…
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Troubled
Here I sit – in the quiet and isolation of my home – my heart heavy with the pain and hatred of this world – how can a man think himself so separate from another that he can kill – how can a woman think herself so disconnected from another that she can destroy what…
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What’s Going On?
COVID-19. That’s what’s going on. A virus that has the potential to kill a human being – and has killed many – is infiltrating communities all over the globe. The virus is not racist, sexist or biased in any way. It doesn’t care if a person is rich or poor; well-educated or never graduated from…
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What’s the Truth?
When I was a kid, my teachers and parents taught me that a person is believed to be innocent until they are proven guilty. Back then, I had no idea how important that concept was, but it sounded pretty good to me, so I just accepted it. Recently, my husband and I went to the…
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All Shall Be Well*
Yesterday morning I posted a poem inspired by something I had read. In the reading was a section about how we often hurt those closest to us without meaning to, because of our own past hurts. While I had already been aware of this relationship dynamic, the way it was explained by this particular author…
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Thank You, Tom Cruise
“Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don’t know what I’m doing.” – Tom Cruise There are a lot of people who are not fans of Tom Cruise; either because of his outspoken comments about his chosen religion, or just plain old jealousy for his great…
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Whatever Your Passion – Never Let It Rest
“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.” – St. Jerome I have spent much of my spare time over the past ten days reviewing the last two years of my writing. Some of it is good. In fact, I gathered some of my poetry into…
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The Smiling Dry Cleaner
I don’t like running errands. Stopping here and there, getting in and out of my car, and standing in lines on a Saturday morning don’t bring much joy to my life. I especially don’t like going to the dry cleaner, because I feel bad about myself when I go there. It always reminds me that…