WOMANIST WISDOM IN THE WOOD SHOP
WOMANIST WISDOM IN THE WOOD SHOP
Imagine being so deeply rooted in yourself that, like the oldest oak tree, with the strongest stress-wood, no matter which way the wind blew, you’d still stand tall and strong. What would you do if you knew you could not – would … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
I made my long-standing visit to a beautiful and magical place today – a Japanese garden. It lays peace and calm upon me that lasts for an entire year.
My visits to the garden could be more frequent, I … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
You’ve got to learn to leave the table when love’s no longer being served. – Nina Simone
As the completion of the marquetry project drew near, it was hard to let go. I thought about the joy and pain of starting … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Getting up early each morning gives me a whole day to think, to laugh, and to be grateful that I can. Many cannot — rest in peace. Some days it seems impossible in a world that is coming apart … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
For each “Black Rosie” who served honorably, bravely, and fittingly under difficult circumstances. 🌹
Black women or Black Rosies were the unacknowledged heroines on the domestic front during World War 2.
Furious opposition to hiring black women came from … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Change is the hardest thing to accept when you fear what comes as a result of it.
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999)
A greedy land developer sets his sights on old Noah Dearborn. … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Midnight:01
Change. Is a word.
Nothing lasts forever. Change is life and everything in it… changes. I heard those words in my very impressionable first years when my father said them to me.
Let’s see… I was seven years … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Just what did we fight for? Refresh my memory, please. It’s Veterans Day, right?
Women and men spent months, years, or a lifetime protecting this country’s ideals around the world. I was told we were fighting for freedom of … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
For many people on the planet, halloween and its attendant activities will soon be here. For me still… I can’t do it. Here is why. In my mind and memory, it is truly “all hallow’s eve… 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
This especially resonates with me today.
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So you must not be frightened if a sadness rises up before you larger than any you have ever seen; if a restiveness, like light and cloud shadows, passes over your … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Tribute
If I – a pilgrim – may be so bold, audacious even, let me tell you this: you are in my thoughts today. And I have a surprise for you.
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I am fulfilling a desire, a calling, … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Harriet Ross Tubman and all the brave and bold women behind us, with us, and before us 🌹