A Poem and a Lament of White Privilege
I have decided to take the risk of offending you To gently ask that you join me too To wake up and make…
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Women’s History Month: A Tribute to Maya Angelou
As we settle into Women’s History Month, I think of all the women who came before me, all the women who made space for…
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Is Anybody Listening? – A Poem by Natalie Patterson
Is Anybody Listening? We are a nation of opinions Someone is always talking Which leads me to wonder, Who is listening? Who is taking…
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People of Note: Natalie Patterson, Poet & Teaching Artist
Two Sides of the Same Coin Natalie Patterson describes herself as a Teaching Artist, and it doesn’t take long in our conversation to find…
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Film Review | The Happy Prince – or The End of Oscar Wilde
Taking its name from Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince and Other Tales, the movie The Happy Prince tells of the heart-breaking final years of…
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#Aestheticism: The Life of Oscar Wilde
While by no means exclusive to writers, nor universal to them – and without intending to paint a sombre brush over this article –…
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Meant to Be – A Poem by Natalie Patterson
It is because you are meant to be that you are Standing in your sun kissed skin You are radiant and brilliant You…
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Gone Too Soon: The Passing of a Dear Friend
This last fall, I lost my dear friend and neighbor Marianne to heart disease. Marianne was 80 years old. Many would say she had…
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Finding Comfort in the Beauty of the Sky – A Poem by Linda (Peaches) Tavani
When a dear close friend of mine suddenly passed away, I saw rare hues from heaven beaming in the sky that day. From that…
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Found Angels – A Poem by Natalie Patterson
There are people in every generation who are willing Willing to stand To step up To do the work We call you The fighters…
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People of Note: Catherine Hommes & Georgia Sanders of Culture Honey Touring
The Birth of Culture Honey Touring: It all began in Italy! Culture Honey Touring was born in the autumn of 2014 when two American…
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#JesusLivesInJail
In February, Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena, CA hosted a week-long event that explored a compassionate and informed understanding of the mass incarceration issue…
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