Monthly Archives: July 2013

Tonto and the Lone Ranger

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Christine Irving

Gore Verbinski directs what I can only call a morality play, holding up a mirror to our culture that, like the very best fiction, is so true it hurts.  No wonder the box office is disappointing. This particular truth, about … Continue reading →

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Connections

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Christine Irving

Months after finishing the last rewrite, synchronicities and connections to Mary Magdalene keep coming my way.  Last week, researching, Magdalene’s feast day I found the following little tale, said to come from the apocryphal Arabic Infancy Gospel, part of which … Continue reading →

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As Long As Women

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Christine Irving

There is time only to work slowly. There is no time not to love.   ~Deena Metzger. As long as women sing to the ash and praise the sun pack their wounds with poetry and prose sculpt prayers in river clay … Continue reading →

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