“People are afraid, and when people are afraid, when their pie is shrinking, they look for somebody to hate. They look for somebody to blame. And a real leader speaks to anxiety and to fear and allays those fears, assuages anxiety.”~Henry Louis Gates American literary critic, professor, historian, and filmmaker Henry Louis Gates was born … Continue reading Random Quote for September 16, 2025
“A government is for the benefit of all the people.”~William Howard Taft Twenty-seventh President of the United States (1909 to 1913) and tenth chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1921 to 1930) William Howard Taft was born on this day in 1857.
Once more, I reached back into my story files. The prompt for this story was:Write a story or poem about someone who discovers that there's actually a message in the radio emissions from the sun's surface. What does that message say, and what's the reaction to this discovery? Dr. Helen Adler had spent her entire … Continue reading Message in a Waveform
“Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history.”~Arthur Henderson British iron moulder, Labour politician, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Arthur Henderson was born on this day in 1863.
“Silence, they say, is the voice of complicity. But silence is impossible. Silence screams. Silence is the message, just as doing nothing is an act. Let who you are ring out and resonate in every word and deed. Yes, become who you are. There’s no sidestepping your own being or your own responsibility. What you … Continue reading Random Quote for September 12, 2025
“Men! The only animal in the world to fear.”~D. H. Lawrence English novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, literary critic, travel writer, essayist, and painter D. H. Lawrence was born on this day in 1885.
“There is no suicide for which all society is not responsible.”~Cyril Connolly English literary critic and writer Cyril Connolly was born on this day in 1903.
“What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.”~Leo Tolstoy Russian writer Leo Tolstoy was born on this day in 1828.
“If you do not find peace within, you will not find it anywhere else. The Goal of Life is the attainment of Peace and not the achievement of power, name, fame and wealth.”~Swami Sivananda Hindu spiritual teacher and yoga guru Swami Sivananda was born on this day in 1887.
This story is based on a real-life experience I had back in the day. Geri grabbed my hand as the flight from Houston to New Orleans lost power. The silence of the engines brought shivers of gooseflesh, raising the hair on my arms. The airplane stopped climbing. I squeezed her hand back, trying to reassure … Continue reading Mo’Betta Gumbo
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New Writing Engaging with the Sacred
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