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writing my story
writing my story in 30 minutes--I'm just going to write about where I am now. How I got here is a good story, and takes longer than I...
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Jul 19, 20142 min read
Argue effectively!
Anat: If you don't say that a problem is people-made, no one will believe it can be people-fixed. Don't say "People have lost their...
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Jul 19, 20141 min read
Did I Do Enough? Another AAAACCCK parenting post, but give it a read anyway.
Kate Baer's post "When You are Tightly Wound" has been making the rounds among some of my friends on Facebook. It's a great post in the...
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Jul 4, 20141 min read
Poem of the Day: The New Colossus, by Emma Lazarus
You thought you knew this one, but read it again: The New Colossus BY EMMA LAZARUS Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With...
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Jul 3, 20141 min read
Poem of the day- Death is nothing at all, Henry Scott Holland
Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away to the next room. I am I and you are you. Whatever we were to each other, That, we...
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Jun 16, 20141 min read
#dailypoem: A Final Affection by Paul Zimmer
A Final Affection by Paul Zimmer I love the accomplishments of trees, How they try to restrain great storms And pacify the very worms...
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Jun 14, 20141 min read
Question of the Day: What a writing life requires
If I'm going to ignore people enough to write, I'd better produce something terrific. *********************** Tweet your thoughts to...
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May 16, 20141 min read
Rob Lowe
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2014/05/rob_lowe_on_sending_his_son_off_to_college_an_excerpt_from_love_life.html Greatly...
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May 4, 20141 min read
less than a day and we wanted to do everything
We had less than twenty four hours by the ocean, just the two of us this time. What did we want to do with that time? What didn't we...
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Apr 23, 20141 min read
inspiration: Monifa's beautiful family!
I couldn't be more proud and inspired by my brilliant and lovely colleague, Monifa Bandele. Her family has been featured in Ebony...
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Apr 21, 20143 min read
ICYMI: No More Junk Ads in Schools!
It's not right that kids have to beat back a sea of ads in school of all places, where they should be free to focus on that English...
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Feb 7, 20145 min read
Subway Takes Chemical Out of Sandwich Bread After Protest
I thought this was interesting because it seemed like a direct grassroots action via a blogger (based in NC) made change, because her ...
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Feb 7, 20141 min read
Poet of the week: Ilya Kaminsky
One day in 2004, I was contentedly wandering around in Pegasus Books in Berkeley when I came across a book of poetry called "dancing in...
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Feb 3, 20141 min read
seeking a good story that demonstrates this concept:
The Buddha taught that freedom is going beyond conditions. For me, the people who have been through the harshest conditions—and...
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Jan 8, 20142 min read
Who's left in the cold? 1.3 million abruptly cut off from unemployment compensation
Cross posting a piece by my colleague, Elyssa. She's the National Budget Campaign Director at MomsRising.org. *** Outrage and...
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Jan 7, 20141 min read
Heard this one yet? A favorite of mine
Lute Music by Kenneth Rexroth The Earth will be going on a long time Before it finally freezes; Men will be on it; they will take...
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asj
Dec 29, 20131 min read
#sixwordnovel: About Us Today
Chaos like a mountain-- ascending, descending.
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Dec 28, 20131 min read
redefine American
Redefining American is a conversation intelligently led by Jose Antonio Vargas and the millions who are working on immigration reform. ...
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Dec 28, 20131 min read
Making their own solution: homes for the homeless in Madison
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/12/27/3104771/occupy-madison-homeless/ This local Occupy group took matters into their own hands...
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Dec 7, 20131 min read
the weather
We belong to the weather. Our circles drawn tightly around those who bear our same bodily senses. 'Yes, it's still warm enough to wear...
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