Monthly Archives: April 2011

Life Beyond the Door

Printed on the side of a bag of peanuts given out on an airline were these words:  “Instructions – Open Packet, Eat Nuts.” Take a moment and let that settle in. I think all of us understand those warnings aren’t … Continue reading

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This is why I read Garrison Keillor’s, “The Writer’s Almanac”

Today is the birthday of Dr. Maya Angelou (1928), born Marguerite Ann Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri. She was raised in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. When she was eight, her mother’s boyfriend raped her, and when she told someone … Continue reading

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