I have a long history with Wonder Woman, mostly involving comic books and a campy ’70s TV show starring beauty queen Lynda Carter. Besides being tireless and powerful, somehow Wonder Woman’s lipstick was always a shiny perfect red and her meticulously styled hair was always in place. And on top of fearlessly vanquishing evil week [...]
Had to share this amazing poem by Mary Karr (thanks to Cathleen Falsani, who posted this under “Meekness is Strength”). WHO THE MEEK ARE NOT Not the bristle-bearded Igors bent under burlap sacks, not peasants knee-deep in the rice paddy muck, nor the serfs whose quarter-moon sickles make the wheat fall in waves they don’t [...]
Have you ever felt stuck in your life? Me, too. I loved my comfy couch, and my safe life, for a long time. But at some point it became like a trap, like a safe warm cocoon that I couldn’t break out of. Do you remember when you were a kid and you longed for [...]