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The Daily Bread

Sex and Spirit from Kody http://firstdaypress.org/sexandspirit/ Crazy that a stripper can make so much money. And how money is about feeling good about oneself. http://doctorouttahere.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/stripper-with-a-phd-part-two/ Adjunct workers and the fate of the elderly woman at Duquesne who started a firestorm … Continue reading

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Morning reads

A quick browse of the internets yields… Do the uppercrust of Victorian England, as they appear on Downton Abbey, really live like that? This blog post discusses succinctly the 19th century political and economic conditions that make up that world.  … Continue reading

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You Are Not Your Writing, or “how drafts can save your life”

Plato regarded writing as a particular kind word-work. In that era, (the 5th c BCE Athens), speaking was, hands down, the more truthful way of presenting oneself and any idea. Writing was treated suspiciously: it is a derivative of the … Continue reading

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Quaker Ministry Workshop Weekend: Creepy or Cool?

When attending a Quaker workshop, be prepared to be watched. Oh yes, listened too, but also watched. “When you sit in worship, I noticed your energy change when you sit up straight from when you fold over. You have so … Continue reading

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Who Needs Answers When You Have Cookies?

“The Modern, Secular, Hardly Divine Comedy”: A Play in One Act Inspired by comments by Rocky. Read her at rockylewis.com Act 1, Scene 1 (cell phone rings) Answerer: Hello? Questioner:   Where do the questions come from? A:   God, 42, You. … Continue reading

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Where Do These Questions Come From?

    Waking up with a question of why is an exciting day. Questions themselves are born of an energetic part of the body, quickening the heart. Yet, they seem to come from nowhere. Alert, with a question, additional questions … Continue reading

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Hello world!

We may not make the world we live in, but we can respond to it. And in responding, the world in turn responds to us.

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