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MOUNTAIN WOMAN: A Sheaf of Christmas Poems
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Lately I'm haunted by questions. What sustains us, how can we preserve what we love, and how can we strengthen our bonds of community, environment, and culture? Join me in the quest for answers. Sunday, December 23, 2012. A Sheaf of Christmas Poems. Because it was always the last. Thing she saw through. Her window before losing. Count of the heddle’s. Beyond reach, she. Wearing it, skirt flaring. Out of the narrow glass. Where she saw turning. And turning her own image. Till in a swoon. Slowly beginning ...
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How to Heal a Broken Heart | The Write Idea
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How to Heal a Broken Heart. 8212; ljcollins @ 10:56 am. I wrote the piece below and posted it to Facebook a while back. It seems that I also deal with broken hearts by starting new blogs. I started my first (semi-anonymous) blog when I was newly divorced and new to the whole concept of online community (pre-facebook, etc.). You can still find those old writings here: Wild and Precious. Each of these blogs fell by the wayside, so it may seem strange for me to start yet another (my fourth! Watch old black ...
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MOUNTAIN WOMAN: The Quilts Left Behind....and Re-discovered
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Lately I'm haunted by questions. What sustains us, how can we preserve what we love, and how can we strengthen our bonds of community, environment, and culture? Join me in the quest for answers. Saturday, June 9, 2012. The Quilts Left Behind.and Re-discovered. A large hole in the center of this quilt's universe! Time consumes even the most beautiful edges of our creations. So much like a fireworks exhibition! Though more lasting, if we take care of what women's hands have created. June 9, 2012 at 4:56 PM.
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North Anderson Community Church, September 1, 2013 | The Write Idea
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North Anderson Community Church, September 1, 2013. 8212; ljcollins @ 4:59 pm. Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16. Before I could finish this sermon this week, the world took a turn and the possibility of our country intervening in yet another Middle Eastern Civil War came much closer to reality. I looked at what I had planned to say and then went back and read these words:. Why do I bring up a 40 year old story of a different war as we Americans sit on the cusp of a new war? I celebrated the 50. Anniversary of the M...
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On hoodies and motherhood. | The Write Idea
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On hoodies and motherhood. Filed under: book review. 8212; ljcollins @ 5:58 pm. Tags: Edward P. Jones. Lost in the City. And never do I worry that he will be mistaken for a criminal. Of course. Do I worry that if he fails to live up to those expectations he’ll be shot? In the writing class I’m taking this spring, we are reading. Lost in the City. A book of short fiction by Pulitzer Prize winning author Edward P. Jones. Being at the town plaza today required nothing of me other than a split second of time...
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An Advent Sermon | The Write Idea
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Filed under: living rituals. 8212; ljcollins @ 8:33 pm. Mary mother of Jesus. I’m not in the habit of posting my sermons as blog posts, but maybe that will change. Here goes. If you are not familiar with the scripture reading, it will help to read it first. Advent 4, December 23, 2012. Mary and Elizabeth, each surprised by pregnancy, greet each other full of the Holy Spirit, full of humility Who am I that this should happen to me? And then I became a mother and I understood the frustration of dealing wit...
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