Words Words Words
David Crystal, Words Words Words Oxford University Press, 2006 From this engaging book, I note the following words and passages. 1. Aptronym = when a name is felt to be especially appropriate to a…
Accompaniment/1
Memory Flash He was focused, steady, concernedI was standing with Pete Mosher On South Grand by SLU in 2001Holding banners Condemning US sanctions on IraqAs cars and pedestrians go by At RISE Coffee After…
Vietnamerica
1967 Today’s Email: “Thank you for signing up for the [New York Times] Vietnam ’67 newsletter. Over the course of the next year, we’ll examine the participation of the United States in the long war…
Sangha/2
Stating the Obvious for Savannah Thich Nhat Hanh’s poem “The Good News” is good news Universal Design is good news Sunday potlucks are good news Song lyrics dedicated to a friend are good news Vigiling…
Citizens
A Singer In 1969 or 1970, I began to re-evaluate my whole concept of what I wanted my music to say…. I was very much affected by letters my brother was sending me from Vietnam,…
Wartime during Life/3
We Expect the Germans To know their own historyTo tell the truth about their warTo refuse rationalizations and excusesTo act responsibly here and nowHowever many decadesAgo that was The world expects the AmericansTo know their…
Share the Wealth with Danielle Mackey: A Life in Journalism
In true journalist style, this share will (hopefully) be dominated by your questions. We are living in a time in which the existence of truth — and the legitimacy of professions that trade in unearthing…
Poets/2
I Am by Laura Aranda I am on my way I am haven’t yet arrived and the in the in-between I am that bliss you find in a mountain rainstorm in a solitary blade of…
Compañeras
I needed to find other women who knew what I knew, and more. I needed to talk to women who had seen unspeakable things, who were without self-pity, who had faced the liars and lunatics,…