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This is US
Monday Morning Montage COVID-19 Rambling April 27, 2020 I start writing for the new week, the question arises, “is this us“? Looking for a soundtrack to the week, I listen to NPR until the news has me so angry, I can’t think straight. The Navajo Nation is being hard hit, the African American population, all…
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Marking the Days and Sometimes, Rage
Raging Corona Virus Diary April 14, 2020 Normally, my days are marked by church days. On Sundays, it is worship and Adult Christian Education (ACE) when possible. That way, I know if the next day is Monday. I know if it’s Tuesday by its location between church on Sunday and my prayer group on Wednesday.…
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Blessing or Curse? What words touch our suffering during pandemic?
“’Bless what there is, for being.’ Whatever it be, bless it because it exists; you need no other reason.” ~Br. David Steindl-Rast Holy Tuesday questions abound in a world that was already one enormous question mark my word, NO ONE knows a thing about the why or what of suffering. © J. Robin Whitley 4/8/2020 Poems…
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A Plea for you to stay home. I BEG you.
March 2020 – The Quarantine File Please, STAY HOME. I BEG YOU. This is not a short story, but the start of my writing about the life of being a disabled person in quarantine. At first, I will admit that the quarantine did not bother me. Basically, because of my severe allergies, asthma, and fibromyalgia…
