I went to dances at this place as a teenager so it’s extra cool to have had a chance to hang out today at the annual Race for Kids/ Street […]
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mark a rayner: New Fiction: Empty Space Times Two
This piece is probably the most straight-up sentimental thing I’ve ever written, but I’m quite chuffed to join the ranks of the writers who have been published by The Saturday Evening Post. (That includes, you guessed it, my literary hero, …
Continue readingPostArctica: Peace On Earth
I want to wish all my friends a very happy holiday season. I know some of you have suffered great loss this past year, or have had some personal crap […]
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Sex Ed Redux
The papers are full of stories about the fight for and against new sex education legislation. Wynne seems to be holding her ground this time, though, so I’m not sure any of the debating will come to anything. But it’s raised some interesting questions and ideas, and provoked a long
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: All About Love: bell hooks.
Just started reading Hooks’ treatise on Love. Only twenty two pages but already word-gold is present: One of the most important social myths we must debunk if we are to become a more loving culture is the one that teaches parents that abuse and neglect can coexist with love.
Continue reading350 or bust: Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
It’s all about love, after all.
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* It’s time to drop the hate and embrace the love.
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
A love story. Get your hanky ready. * If you want to watch a longer version of this story, check out the video below.
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Something to consider on Earth Day weekend – maybe before negotiating any kind of international deals, world leaders should greet each other the way these strangers do; the world would be a safer place for all of us, I think.
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This is incredibly beautiful – newborn twins sharing a bath respond to each other like they are still in the womb. *
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Ask General Kang: If we have love in a time of cholera, what if do we do we have in a time of swine flu?
Interesting question, but I’m not convinced that swine flu is the next killer pandemic, mostly because of Kang’s Corollary. Kang’s Corollary? You know Murphy’s Law, right: “Anything that can go wrong, will.” Kang’s Corollary is: “Anything that can go wrong, … Continue reading →
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Love, sympathy and mutual aid are natural – we have to be taught to be greedy little narcissists
During a California wildfire rescue workers ran out of crates to place rescued animals, forcing them to put a fawn and a bobcat kitten in an office together. When they got back they found that fawn and the bobcat cuddling and the pair became inseparable. Yes, compassion,
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Some inspiring thoughts from Woody Harrelson, for your Saturday morning: *
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