Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls. Rumi

There is a time when we must firmly choose the course which we will follow or the endless drift of events will make the decision for us. ...

“Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice...

Every December Daddy took the box down from the top closet shelf. I sat on our blue carpeted living room floor to separate the artificial...

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Debuting January 2022! Collection by Gina Greenlee Fashion image credit: Mumtaz Muhammad

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Here’s what’s happening with Sweet Fathom, my novel during this third week of NaNoWriMo. That’s because I’m writing a different novel....

Great? Sweet! Not so great? OK. Inspiration is on the way. First, a story. New Year’s Day 2014 a friend challenges me a to write a novel....

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At the 1936 Olympics, in Berlin, Germany, 18 African American’s challenged discrimination on the world stage. The unprecedented effort is...

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Kudos to the library for coming up with Summer Reading Bingo, a fun way to inspire people to read outside of their comfort zone. I’ve...

Get the sleep you need. That’s different for each of us. Don’t worry about other people’s formulas. You know how long you need to sleep...

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On May 26, 2020, the day after George Floyd was murdered, a longtime friend reached out to me. She called to ask, “How are you doing?...

That was the question the British Men’s Eight rowing team asked of themselves daily and repeatedly as they trained for the 2000 Sydney...

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◊ ◊ ◊ Yep. I never was like anybody else. Bessie Stringfield, Motorcycle Queen of Miami ◊ ◊ ◊ Comparison is the thief of almost...

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love.” Rumi