CollieSo why does this matter? A friend noted I sounded a bit annoyed here. I am. I don’t know why, but for some reason our…
Continue ReadingWhy do women say “let’s just be friends”? (IV of VI)
Some anthropological context You’re dangerous, ’cause you’re honest…you tell me things I know you’re not supposed to…Well, you lied to me ’cause I asked you…
Continue ReadingWhy do women say “let’s just be friends”? (III of VI)
What’s gone before If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we would all be millionaires. — Abigail Van Buren Interestingly, the…
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So what does it really mean when someone says, “let’s just be friends”? I can’t speak for all women, but I can speculate based on…
Continue ReadingWhy do women say “let’s just be friends”? -as well as, “Why do I keep hearing that line?” (I of VI)
Originally posted June 2004 Credits: For all those who’ve been part of my emotional relationships. If you helped, thank you for your encouragement, patience, and…
Continue ReadingReview: “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston (III of III)
Blackness & whiteness White people seemed almost incidental to the story, like mythological spirits or forces of nature, like the hurricane which ends up being…
Continue ReadingReview: “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston (II of III)
Women & men I think this is why there are so few whites in Their Eyes Were Watching God, in fact. The real issue isn’t…
Continue ReadingReview: “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston (I of III)
Originally posted December 2005 Credits: for my book club, who once again chose something fascinating I wouldn’t ordinarily have picked up. Synopsis This is the…
Continue Reading“Here I Stand: My Struggle for a Christianity of Integrity, Love, and Equality” by Retired Bishop John Shelby Spong (III of III)
The inadequacy of institutionalized religious responses to the jarring reality of real life issues is part of Spong’s self-questioning. He finds hope as well as…
Continue Reading“Here I Stand: My Struggle for a Christianity of Integrity, Love, and Equality” by Retired Bishop John Shelby Spong (II of III)
In a similarly challenging situation several years later, Spong has people come to his house, purporting to be friends who represent his entire congregation. They…
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