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Fortune
We were approaching the middle of June. Spring was fast turning into summer, yet rather than enjoying the change of seasons, each day that passed seemed to add another layer of panic and anxiety to our hearts. It had been more than five months since my husband and I...
Stonehenge, Sacred Journeys, Spirituality and Shaman: East Meets West
Wednesday, 11am EDT, LIVE on YAK with co-host Carla Goddard and Guests Kinlen Wheeler, Alicia Ali, Bill Douglas and Ann Rosencranz (or via Archives/Podcasts ~ iTunes). Energetic Ceremonial Work at Stonehenge International Gathering of Shaman Global Vigil Fires...
“How Good And Wonderful It Is For Brothers To Sit Together In Peace”
Last night’s Seder put me back on a soapbox. The title of this week’s column is the English translation of the entire lyric of a Hebrew song ("Henay Matov") that I learned in the first grade at Hebrew School. Another line may have added to it later, for choral...
Germination
Well, the deed is done. For better or for worse, I've planted the seeds in my Simple Garden for what will hopefully, some day, be parsley, sweet basil, and oregano. I made an unholy mess in the kitchen (who knew those little soil pellets would be so sloppy once they...
The Film Fatales Review of: My Week with Marilyn (Now on DVD)
My Week with Marilyn NOW ON DVD. Directed by Simon Curtis. Starring Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Dame Judi Dench. Rated R. Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier's, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe...
Happy Easter? (Warning: Graphic Image)
Easter is a time to remember the sacrifices Jesus made for us, but what kind of message do churches want to send? I received a postcard in the mail from a local church, The Rock. It was supposed to be an invitation to this year’s Easter celebration at The Rock, but...
Your Desire for Perfectionism … So what?
How often do we wait until everything is just so - we've learned all that can be learned... we've got every last detail sorted out, nailed down, set in stone... we've planned, in excruciating detail, precisely how we'll get from A to B to C... before we allow...
Creative Writing Contest: Submissions are In!
Did you post or do you know someone who did submit to our first-ever Devin Alexander Creative Writing Contest? Holy Toledo! We have some talented people in Here Women Talk! The submissions are up and open for voting until midnight April 14. Vote for your favorites...
San Francisco’s Decline into Darkness
San Francisco’s Decline into Darkness San Francisco is famous for earthquakes…. However, it took another horrific event to shake its residents to the core in January, 2001. What happens when you pair a world class marathon runner, who in an instant is physically...
White House First Black Lady
By: J.D. Bundun Michelle Obama a woman of caliber, grace, beauty and pride Serving a nation her country her people, united as one and divided as one Nothing but grace as she present herself to the nation, the world apart A strong woman alike, a category to celebrate...
Sorry
By: William Hollingshead Sorry My pillow is cold with your embrace. You are a dove in a room full of ravens. I wait with bated breath Holding an olive branch. ### Bio: I am William Hollingshead, an Economics major at Coastal Carolina. I am a server at...
We Were Nine
By Brianna Blacklock 111 Sherwood Circle, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. I forget the zip. I can get there without it. × “You know drinking milk makes your boobs grow big,” Heleina said, her pasty legs dangling from the tree branch we always climbed in our...
Andy Warhol’s Greatest Fan
by Lauren McLaughlin Chase took her seat in the very first row of the cabin of the plane that was to take her from St. Petersburg, Florida to Kansas City, MO, and immediately began to notice a dozen things happening around her all at once. Passengers were still...
Available Fortune
by Keddy Outlaw Day upon day, year after year, it got worse. The women he met shopped desperately for marriage candidates. One woman told him she knew on the very first date whether the specimen at hand was husband material. Shawn grew older and remained alone. ...
Mitzel
By Janet Richards A sauerbraten roast simmers on the stove and the pungent smell of red cabbage and spatzel permeates the air. My Austrian grandma, Mitzel, is up to her elbows in cucumbers and sour cream as she churns the mixture with her hands in a shallow plastic...
Untitled: Grace Dudley
By Grace Dudley Well, here I am yet again… Sitting , pondering, hoping for answers. So many questions. Not enough answers. Why do these thoughts run through my head? Why can't I make sense out of life? Out of why people come into my life, and leave without a sound?...
