This is the way a certain man's *story ends: He had John beheaded in the dungeon. And John's head, ratty with matted dreadlocks and a thick, scruffy beard, was placed on a gleaming silver platter and given to the girl, who served it to her mother, Herodias. Then his followers came, took away the decapitated body and buried it... The… Continue reading Selfies, Fleshly Cuffs – Much Ado About IT
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Special Olympics World Games – Acceptance, Inclusion and Bravery
"Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt." Special Olympic Motto. One person can truly make an extraordinary impact in the world. When in June 1962, Eunice Kennedy Shriver started a day camp (Camp Shriver) for children with intellectual disabilities at her home in Potomac, Maryland, concerned that children with intellectual disabilities had no place to… Continue reading Special Olympics World Games – Acceptance, Inclusion and Bravery
Chuck Lorre’s Vanity Cards – Life Lessons and More
Never say never while you can still breathe. Don't give up on a dream that still wants to live. I might be late on this bandwagon, but sometime last year, I paused my DVR after an episode of The Big Bang Theory on CBS, like millions have done over the years to read Chuck Lorre’s… Continue reading Chuck Lorre’s Vanity Cards – Life Lessons and More
Couture for Cloud Beings – A Poem
Couture for Cloud Beings - A Poem by Ama Danesi To think I could be invisible relieved from this pall of doom Dressed in a mass of veils - and adorn the skies and drenched in heaven's pearls. To go where divine ball-gowns are made with silver lining corsets, with stitches - the thinnest threads… Continue reading Couture for Cloud Beings – A Poem
I Choose You Again – My Wild, My Rose
Are you camp "Old Fashioned" or "Fifty Shades of Grey"? This valentine we reflect on why we chose or love or hurt the one we are with. Pain is inevitable in love but not pain in self-depreciating shades. We forgive the edges in well-deployed words and actions that rip into old wounds, choosing to return to wild, breathless passion. Love… Continue reading I Choose You Again – My Wild, My Rose
