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The Purple Rose
The image of this purple rose filled me with a feeling I can’t quite describe. I wanted to possess it in some way. Anyway, that was the impetus for this story I managed to wring from Lillie McFerrin’s Five Sentence … Continue reading
The Road Not Taken
In checking out an email notification that I had a new follower on Twitter–Ellen Wade Beals–I came across this Robert Frost poem on her website Solace in a Book. I don’t ever remember finding such depth of meaning in these … Continue reading
Don’t Pet The Sweaty Things
I want to thank Don Williams of New Millennium Writings for giving me the idea to add to and expand upon his list of what I’ll call “suggestions of how to be a better human being.” Here are a few … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, gratitude, heart, inclusive, love, meditate, open mind, petty things
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Lion’s Roar
Okay, another writing prompt, this one from a fellow African, “The Gypsy Mama.“ Write for five minutes on the word “Roar.” I’m lying on a narrow bunk–in that tight “V” in the front of the boat my just-married son’s South … Continue reading



