by Susan | Jun 25, 2022 | inspiration, poem
One river gives Its journey to the next. We give because someone gave to us. We give because nobody gave to us. We give because giving has changed us. We give because giving could have changed us. We have been better for it, We have been wounded by it— Giving has many...
by Susan | Jun 25, 2022 | birthdays, inspiration
June 25, 1881 Crystal Eastman “Indifference is harder to fight than hostility, and there is nothing that kills an agitation like having everybody admit that it is fundamentally right.” June 25, 1903 George Orwell “The great enemy of clear language is...
by Susan | Jun 24, 2022 | inspiration, poem
He tells her that the earth is flat — He knows the facts, and that is that. In altercations fierce and long She tries her best to prove him wrong. But he has learned to argue well. He calls her arguments unsound And often asks her not to yell. She cannot win. He...
by Susan | Jun 23, 2022 | folktales, inspiration
There was a wicked tyrant; and the god Indra, assuming the shape of a hunter, came down upon earth with the demon Matali, the latter appearing as a dog of enormous size. Hunter and dog entered the palace, and the dog howled so woefully that the royal buildings shook...
by Susan | Jun 23, 2022 | birthdays, inspiration
June 23, 1910 Jean Anouilh “God is on everyone’s side… and in the last analysis, he is on the side with plenty of money and large armies.” June 23, 1912 Alan Turing “Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary...
by Susan | Jun 22, 2022 | inspiration, poem
I come from a musical place Where they shoot me for my song And my brother has been tortured By my brother in my land. I come from a beautiful place Where they hate my shade of skin They don’t like the way I pray And they ban free poetry. I come from a beautiful...
