The Southwest Growing up in a southwest town has its advantages and disadvantages. For one, we never got snow, on the other hand, we never got snow. Let me explain, TV shows and songs would always tell…
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“But this will not do, God will certainly punish you for stealing and for being unfaithful.” – Jupiter Hammon I was a precocious child growing up and somewhat mischievous, as well. A number of older people…
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When my time comes Forget the wrong that I’ve done Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed And don’t resent me And when you’re feeling empty Keep me in your memory Leave out…
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Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees – Billie Holiday What Happened to Us?…
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Christmas in Iowa “Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” – Washington Irving Before I begin this tale of what happened to…
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“A myth, in its original Greek meaning- mythos- is simply that: a story, one which seeks to render life transparent to an intelligible source.” ― Jules Cashford My Discovery When I was a little kid I was…
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The Truth about the Homeless People will sooner aid a sick dog lying on the sidewalk than to try to find shelter for a sick person. It’s too much to deal with. –Michael Zaslow The…
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Better Off Dead One of John Cusack’s first movies was an odd spinoff of the wildly successful John Hughes films of the 80’s and 90’s called Better off Dead. Throughout the film, there is a…
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Guns: What Are They Good For? Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? – Ernest Gaines I was twelve years old when I shot…
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“Those who have not lived in New Orleans have missed an incredible, glorious, vital city–a place with an energy unlike anywhere else in the world, a majority-African American city where resistance to white supremacy has…
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