Tag: community
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FIVE POEMS
Here is the inaugural issue of the Five Poems literary journal: https://www.fivepoems.com/. I would like to thank Sarah Salcedo at tallfirsproductions.com for her patient guidance and excellent assistance. Many thanks to the extraordinary first issue poets: Jaki Shelton Green, Denton Loving, Stevie Edwards, Courtney Leblanc, and Nicky Beer! Look for announcements for future issues.
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IT’S ONLY A RECIPE
Right now, the aroma wafting from our kitchen is the chocolate chunk Mandel Bread baking in our oven for our celebration of Hanukkah. We are celebrating Hanukkah and our love for the Jewish community. My husband’s father is full-blooded Italian, and we know his family enjoyed the same cookie, but they called it Biscotti. I remind…
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Volunteers, Doers as Writers, COURTTV
My husband and I work with several social action groups. We write proposals, we seek justice. We talk to other hard-working people. We get things done. Our friends describe us as doers. Right now the True Crime Writing Community is one of the most important doer groups in your community. It’s easy for some to…
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WE DONATE FOOD BECAUSE WE’VE NEVER STARVED FOR ONE THING
The other day some asshole yelled at me: “Hey, what’s in the bags?” and this blog post is my response because in general, people who yell stuff at me make me feel afraid. MOST Fridays before Shabbat service begins, my husband and I make an in-kind food donation to David D. Frazier Food Pantry at…
Mary Louise Penaz 