Flesh and Spirit by Carol Berg
The Red Tree by Caitlin R. Kiernan
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“I firmly believe that free societies are peaceful societies, and I believe every person desires to be free.”
~ President George W. Bush ~
Today is a fitting day to think about peace. Coretta Scott King, wife to the venerable Martin Luther King, Jr., passed away in her sleep. [...]
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I don’t see this much in Flagstaff but when I do, it drives me crazy (much like it did in Los Angeles when I lived there – and where it was MUCH more prevalent).
This is the thing – if you can’t get up early enough to put on your [...]
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american life in poetry: column 043
by ted kooser, u.s. poet laureate
Unlike the calculated expressions of feeling common to its human masters, there is nothing disingenuous about the way a dog praises, celebrates, frets or mourns. In this poem David Baker gives us just such an endearing mutt.
Mongrel Heart
Up the [...]
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So many of us live in that in-between world of not quite feeling confident enough to blow our own horn but feeling that we are doing a good job at whatever it is that we’re doing.
I have surrounded myself with brilliant people. I like being around them because [...]
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I’ve been thinking about this topic for a while and a conversation that I had last night pushed me in the direction of writing it. While the conversation touched on this, the people involved were not in the same situation and didn’t want to hurt anyone or cause [...]
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I was talking with a friend last night and I said something about thinking about everything that is said to me. Even the most casual conversations turn in to this full-blown “thought session” with myself.
That got me to thinking (hah!) about the reason for this. Why do [...]
english 570 – intro to multimedia design
Walter Cronkite states that it is the responsibility of the educated to make a difference, to change the way society is working in order to suppress and/or expunge us of war. I wonder, though, if it is possible to do that when, if what Carlin says is true, there [...]
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What happens when you flirt with someone and they don’t flirt back? And what happens if this occurs repeatedly? How does that affect you?
I feel stupid. I feel self-conscious. I start to question myself. I begin to wonder what I’m doing and why I’m [...]
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I’m currently taking a course in grad school that is an introduction to multimedia design. It’s not what most people envision though. It’s a rhetorical study of visual communications. Why are certain images used? What do they evoke when they are used? What [...]
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Yesterday I bought my plane tickets to Vancouver. To say I’m excited is an understatement. I fell in love with that city. It is beautiful in ways that are impossible to describe.
I can’t tell you how it feels to stand on a landing and watch a [...]
