Many years ago, I was part of a volunteer group working on a project. We were making little progress, and what progress we’d been able to make had been painfully slow. I introduced an idea which would jump us forward significantly, but it required everyone to get over themselves and do the work. One of […]
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Absolute —Jacqueline Woodson The summer I was ten a teenager named Kim butterflied my hair. Cornrows curling into braids behind each ear. Everybody’s wearing this style now, Kim said. Who could try to tell me I wasn’t beautiful. The magic in something as once ordinary as hair that for too long had not been good […]
Songs for the People —Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Let me make the songs for the people, Songs for the old and young; Songs to stir like a battle-cry Wherever they are sung. Not for the clashing of sabres, For carnage nor for strife; But songs to thrill the hearts of men With more abundant life. […]
My friend Tamara and I did a bead exchange from the various beads we each are using to make our treasure strands. This is the one I created with the beads she sent me: [Image description: A strand of beads of many colors and sizes.] It’s a fabulous mix of amber, jasper, moonstone, glass beads, […]
