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March 2, 2011
Young Soldiers To Be
Last night as I walked with my driver through the Atlanta Airport, passed lines of young men who were waiting for flights for boot camp. They were beautiful young men, between boyhood and manhood. Some are joining because they are warriors, true warriors. Others because they need jobs, or there is nothing else. I pray they are not slaughtered for oil, for greed.
February 15, 2011
Joy Harjo with Larry Mitchell appearing in Tulsa Friday night!!
Gig details:8pm, Friday February 18thNightingale Theater1416 East Fourth Street (just East of Peoria on Fourth Street)Tulsa, OKTickets $12.00 (Cash or check only, please. No credit cards.)Available at the door half an hour before the show.This is a great opportunity to experience Joy's show in an intimate venue!
February 14, 2011
Heart Day
Happy Valentine's Day--Acknowledge your heart. Tell it thank you. Consider its service to you, how it circulates the blood, carries oxygen and love through your body. It is a person. It responds to your thoughts. Try it; you'll see (or hear or feel...). And while you're at it, thank the hearts of those you love: lover, partner (or the one you are imagining!), family members, even the heart of the
February 13, 2011
The Process of Writing a Memoir is Like Building a House
...."like building a house in a hurricane"--is how Faulker described the writing of a novel.I just printed up the 300 double spaced pages, and have my scissors to see and rearrange, then go back in and write.It's due. Now.In the meantime, pulling up other sources, notes, and researching. Yesterday I finally got proof that I am also African American through Osceola, his mother. His story and the
February 7, 2011
Egyptian Journals: Melodrama and the Revolution 2-2-2011
Melodrama and the Revolution 9:00 am Cairo 2/2/2011 As I sit and write this on the morning of February 2nd, 2011, the Egyptian television is spewing very painful coverage of the revolution. A huge number of callers are calling all the morning talk shows, to declare their love for the president. The tone is nauseating melodramatic. I was teaching a course
Egyptian Journals, Dalia Basiouny 2/2/2011
Day 9 of the Egyptian Uprising. 2 2 2011 I am well, but my country is not. Dear Friends,I just got internet access today, so I want to write you a quick note before we lose it again.I am well, but my country is not.As you must have seen in the media, a beautiful inspiring revolution is taking
SPECIAL FEATURE: Egyptian Journals from Dalia Basiouny
From: Dalia BasiounyThese are some of my notes on my experiences in Cairo, today Feb 3rd, the 10th day of the revolution. After a very turbulent in Egypt, the morning finally came. The attack on the demonstrators in Tahrir Square seems to stop, leaving so many casualties. I got a couple of phone calls from friends saying they are heading to the square with supplies. I called the friends who live
January 21, 2011
Friday Night in Honolulu
"Great are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world." Ralph Waldo EmersonThis is true of a life, a world, a moment, a kiss, a death...JH
January 9, 2011
Palin's Gun and Where We are Going
From Pam Uschuk's Facebook page, a site that shows an imposition of gunsights over Democratic communities. Sara Palin holds the gun. tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/p... killings in Arizona reveal the disturbance in the heart of America. They are emblematic of society that elevates persons like Sarah Palin because she is entertaining and shocking
December 15, 2010
Everyday I get closer to beauty.Everyday I get closer to ...
Everyday I get closer to beauty.Everyday I get closer to truth.(from chorus of a new song: Breakup, Breakdown) Image and lyric c Joy Harjo Mekko Productions Inc 2010
