Understandings Understood

may 13 2012Cultivated animosity

would work

if we did not daily

rise

in pleasant greetings

make the effort

just to speak

hoed and harrowed horrors

broadcasting toxic seeds

but this

our understandings

have plucked out

all the weeds.

 

By Fiona Lovatt Davis

 

Time really flies when you are having fun.  It's been a great privilege to meet and interview people who are inspiring others with their stories, their passion, their works.  I hope you read or listen to the pod casts and you get inspired to do something different today.  This month, our theme seems to be Africa.   We talk to Ms. Fiona who left New Zealand to go to Nigeria to help with setting up libraries, Dalitso based in Zambia who is an emerging Hip Hop artist ,  Imani Uzuri - who is a world artist and is recognized for her eclecticism, of course Halima who discusses race relations in her book. Of course, a major thanks to everyone who got this together. Remember, you can always let us know how we are doing at info@pamelastitch.com

 

God Bless,

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Meet controversial author Halima Sal-Anderson.

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