And I say to you, I have also decided to stick with love, for I know that love is ultimately the only answer to humankind’s problems[…] And I’m not talking about emotional bosh when I talk about love; I’m talking …
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Women’s History Month…marching to our own heart-beats
So many women are told their dreams “simply can’t be done.” Today, meet a drummer, a mathematician, a primatologist and others, who persisted and realized their dreams. Plus a tribute to mothers: In our heart of hearts, we often feel overwhelmed …
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Christmas wordsong…a list of five rich and lovely poetry books for your holidays
Manger, poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrations by Helen Cann published in 2014 by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers An old legend imagines that midnight of Christmas-Eve brings the gift of speech to animals. If that were true, what …
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poetry friday
The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes, illustrated by E.B. Lewis I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the …
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