A dVerse Quadrille prompt on the word coax sent me down a path of wondering—about rumor, belief, outrage, and whether wisdom can still be persuaded to show up.

When my friend Rose and her dog Pepper visit seniors in memory care, they bring joy, laughter, and lessons in grace. A reflection on mindfulness, empathy, and what we mean to each other.

My childhood at the beach is a constant muse for poetry and a guide for how to live, an everlasting gift from my parents, who chose to leave suburbia for a life on the coast that would their children to be children and their lives to authentic and grounded in nature.

Sharing the song “Abraham, Martin and John” in honor of Martin Luther King Day.

The labyrinth experience is about getting to the center while carrying your burdens, reflecting and praying, and then purposefully letting go. That’s what I did.

A birthday wish of hunger and hopefulness from Kim of Glover Gardens upon reaching 60 years + 1.

A poem in the “Magic 9” format that highlights the characteristics both positive and negative cultures and promotes diversity.

Glover Gardens is about food, nature, poetry, travel, stories and photography, but social justice underpins everyone’s ability to enjoy those things—or not. MLK Day is time to remember that.

The Washington Monument is beautiful, and striking, the epitome of elegant simplicity and also illustrative that we have not yet reached our ideals. Our ambitions larger than our capabilities, we yearn to grow, to learn, to become better.

In conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month, the USPTO is recognizing some Hispanic Americans whose inventions contributed to the nation’s social and economic well-being.

I have my own very strong reasons to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

Martin Luther King Day is special, a time when we reflect on our beliefs about equality, equity, inclusion, diversity, fairness, etc., and, as one of my colleagues said today, recommit to acting on them.

Black History Month is one of many opportunities for individuals and organizations to acknowledge the rich historical legacy of Black people.

Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church in Richmond, Texas was founded in 1865 by former slaves just after the Civil War. It’s still going strong.

Without guile, sarcasm, irony, mockery, I-Told-You-So-ism, satire or derision, the message I wish to share today, inauguration day, is this Kingston Trio song.

it’s not enough to “not be racist,” I must be anti-racist and actively involved in highlighting injustice and creating a better world, along the lines of “If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem”.

Advice for having the LIVELIEST career possible, compiled for an intern as she embarks on her journey. What would you add?

I join millions of others in mourning the late Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis, a true American hero, and offer a simple haiku in his honor.

It’s clear that these COVID-19 hardships aren’t going away any time soon. We are all, in a way, staying in, but looking out the window toward that future where things aren’t quite so hard.

Highlighting a gritty, moving and inspiration story in honor of Juneteenth.