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Quadrille Night at the dVerse

Posted on November 20, 2018 by

Hey the challenge on the bar at last night’s poets pub was to write a quadrille. (The Quadrille combines two essential elements – a single word that has to be included in the body of your text. The second is to limit  … Continue reading →

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When Coyote Shows Up To Play

Posted on February 17, 2017 by

Several months ago I signed up on Owl & Crow for an on-line course in creating a Major Arcana tarot deck of SoulCollage® cards.  It started January 8th, but by then I had forgotten exactly what I had enrolled in.  … Continue reading →

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The Need for Intersectionality: Repainting Sojourner Truth by AngelaYarber

Posted on February 11, 2017 by

I’ve long held that feminism, in order to be true and engaged and practical, must be intersectional. Such is also the case, I believe, for LGBTQ rights. The work of justice for women and LGBTQs people must also include justice…

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Hidden Figures – A Different Approach to Promoting Mutuality

Posted on February 9, 2017 by

The other day, I re-blogged Sara Frykenberg’s  post about the impossibility of debating “mutuality,” which I define as the mutual respect required to approach each and any “other” as a peer.     The movie, Hidden Figures, starring Taraji Hensen, Octavia … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Debate Mutuality by Sara Frykenberg

Posted on February 7, 2017 by

Participating in the Women’s March on Jan. 21st in Los Angeles fed my soul deeply. I didn’t realize how much I needed to protest in this way, how stuck I had been in grief and despair after the election, and…

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ARRIVAL

Posted on January 14, 2017 by

I’ve seen Arrival twice now.  It’s the kind of movie I wanted to share. After seeing it myself, I had to take two of my favorite folks so they too could delight in this incredibly intriguing, suspenseful, atmospheric movie about … Continue reading →

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Death and Ambiguity

Posted on October 28, 2016 by

Originally posted on Two Twitch A Tale:
While Baba Yaga may have her more benign moments, in truth, she is a terrifying creature of great power; a cannibal, said to have devoured the flesh of those whose flaming skulls form…

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“It’s not easy to define poetry.” ~Bob Dylan

Posted on October 26, 2016 by

I am a lone wolf type of person, preferring to ascertain truth (always lower case) by means of intuition rather than sensation.  I make decisions based on logic rather than emotion and my conclusions are subject to change based on … Continue reading →

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Artemis As Artemisia: Ancient Female Spirituality & Modern Medicine by Stuart Dean

Posted on June 24, 2016 by

Detail of Artemis from a 5th century BCE Attic Vase  (Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)) The 2015 Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded in part to a Chinese woman (Tu) for her identification and isolation to treat malaria of a…

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NaPoWriMo: A Kenning

Posted on April 20, 2016 by

Blue Bonnet   Spring harbinger Paintbrush partner Concrete’s victim Nature’s dictum Texas treasure  Ladybird’s pleasure Sky reflector Folk connector Bee beacon Nature’s deacon Cows distaste Goats haste A Kenning is a two word phrase describing an object often using a … Continue reading →

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