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What Taking Selfies Taught Me
Voice: : the faculty of utterance lost my voice 2: a sound resembling or suggesting vocal utterance 3: an instrument or medium of expression the party became the voice of the workers 4a: wish, choice, or opinion openly or formally expressed the voice of the people...
Letters from Renée: “The Crossings”
I wrote a book some years ago which I called “One-Way Tickets.” It is my own story, a one-way journey from birth telling the reader that I never returned to where I had been before. It is not only my story, but the story of my family. We are all refugees, victims of...
Conversations: Kellye Markin
I've had the honor of knowing Kellye for a number of years and can honestly say that she was one of the 'pushes' I felt to let out my own inner artist. Watching her come out of the background was crazy inspirational to me. Age: 56 Three words that describe you today? ...
The shitty wife
Who gets to decide what makes a 'good wife, mother, friend or daughter?' While married to the father of my children for over 18 years, I thought I was a good wife. It wasn’t until the end when we were so unhappy and the tension was so thick you could put a fork in it,...
A night at home
These days, the halcyon days of early fall, when the air shifts, the heat lowers, the shadows lengthen, and we are home for a few weeks before the next trip, are simple. We are home. The time is 7:19 p.m. and I am sitting on our couch, sipping wine, listening...
Letters from Renée: Perspective
Letter's from Renee is a new column and will represent the introspective and profound writing from Renee Levine who is 94 years old. Renee will add her voice to our community from time to time. Recently she commented on a column I wrote about perspective. Yes, it is...
Conversations: Erin Dahlquist (Cabezut)
Age: 56 Three words that describe you today? Independent, creative, adventurous. What do you wish you had known ten years ago? How difficult marriage is. I married at 40 and was already established in my career and fiercely independent. The word "compromise" wasn’t...
I Don’t Have Time
When I was a young mother, my children and husband relied on me to keep the home running, boo-boo's kissed and food in the kitchen. I remember how hard it was to carve out time for a manicure, never mind sit down and have the kind of time I needed to get lost in...
