January 2012
January 19th, 2012
Written by Francesca Biller in Common Ties That Bind, Latest News with 2 Comments
Last week, my daughter looked at me with her wide innocent eyes and asked, "Mommy, what does it mean to be neighborly?"After careful consideration, I said, "It means to look out for your neighbors and the people around you." She replied, "Well, isn't that the most obvious thing in the world? They are our neighbors after all."I explained that being neighborly extends beyond just the people who...
January 17th, 2012
Written by Diane Reynolds in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
In The Mystery of the Ivory Charm, fictional sleuth Nancy Drew encounters an “oily” and “cumbersomely turbaned” Hindu named Rai. Rai, a circus performer, comes from India “the land of mystery,” and practices a faith described as “very superstitious, a cult, and not normal.” In this action-packed mystery, Nancy Drew, representing Western “rationality,” rescues the young maharajah Rai has helped...
January 13th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Latest News, Publisher's Note with 0 Comments
As we pause to celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., a dedicated and determined fighter — and undoubtedly the most well known — in the fight for racial equality, one thing should be abundantly clear: That through it all, African-Americans, along with their fellow-Americans, have much to celebrate. The intellectual capital, blood, sweat, toil, tears, and ultimately his life helped to...
January 12th, 2012
Written by Francesca Biller in Latest News, Travels' Tapestry with 0 Comments
For as long as I can remember, I have dreamed of traveling to Europe. As a child of an artist, I spent countless hours studying books filled with the masterpieces of Michelangelo, Leonardo Da' Vinci, Chagall, and many other creative geniuses.I remember daydreaming about how I may one day, experience first-hand the glory of The Sistine Chapel and The Louvre Museum, which filled my childhood...
January 11th, 2012
Written by Francesca Biller in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
It has been a year since the passing of one of my favorite people in the world, my paternal grandmother. For some reason, I never assumed she would one day "not be around" for me to speak with, make jokes for and hear her infectious laugh, and ask questions about what my father was "really like" when he was young.It is still hard to believe, but on the anniversary of her death, I now realize that...