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Winter Farewell

Winter Farewell I am glad to see it go. I am tired of moving snow. When my truck will not start And my fingers smart I want to see plants grow Yet I love the quiet of winter when the only animals out are squirrels, and birds at feeders I love the brightness of snow…

Grace Buchanan Audiobooks

March 29, 2014

Creativity

nature, poetry, seasons, winter

Bipolar Snowballs

Bipolar Snowballs People with bipolar disorder often hide the disease, afraid of being misunderstood. I want to share a story that might help me, and others, to reveal this part of who we are. Let’s see what you think. – Mexican earthenware figures 600-900 AD The Walters Art Museum · Works of Art CC BY-SA…

Grace Buchanan Audiobooks

March 5, 2014

Social Justice

bipolar disorder, depression, mental illness, most popular, seasons, self-talk, winter

Lincoln to King: the next Great Emancipator

A river of emotion swells in me as a little-girl version of my voice overflows, singing with the marchers who are on their way to the Lincoln Memorial for a celebration of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves, and “the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” We…

Grace Buchanan Audiobooks

February 11, 2014

Social Justice

19th century, discrimination, economic disparity, equity, freedom, history, Martin Luther King Jr, privilege, segregation

Mark Twain’s Challenge

Rough Sea With Wreckage, J. M. W. Turner [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Let’s take Mark Twain’s challenge: “throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds” in our sails… The air is fresh. Our lungs swell with the wind that fills the sails of our boat. The sky is bright.…

Grace Buchanan Audiobooks

February 8, 2014

Creativity

DungeonPrompts, ocean, poem, self-talk