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Confessions on Shame and How Your Belly Sabotages You

I once embarked on a 21-day cleanse.  The details are foggy to me now, but it consisted of drinking only a thin concoction of elemental proteins and quick digesting sugars thrice daily.  The objective of this 3-week fast is to “starve out” troublesome bacteria that can be known to overpopulate the intestines. I succeeded at […]

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No Likes, No Followers: The Social Influencer Who Shifted the Civil Rights Movement – Viola Liuzzo

The week of my 39th birthday, I encountered the story of a woman and mother who died at age 39 in 1965. Her name was Viola Liuzzo.  She was shot by members of the Klu Klux Klan in Selma, Alabama while transporting a black teenager in her car.  She had just participated in a march, led

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Holiday Blues and Visits from the Fat Gray Cat

An excerpt from my journal entry November 14, 2022: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ “It’s Monday morning.  The day is already crying out–Busy THYSELF!  But my mind has been begging me for days for an offload.  The fat gray cat is back.  I’ve seen glimpses [of it] and pet it from time to time.  It has been sauntering around,

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