Maya Angelou soul-searching at 80: to be a human being

Byriehlifegrace April 10, 2008April 11, 2008

“When I was about 12, I guess, I read the statement,
I am a human being. Nothing human can be alien to me.

The statement is so complex, so simple, Angelou says, quoting the roman playwright Terence.
Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto.

I have been internalizing that all my life. So if Kobe Abe of Japan thinks a great thought, if Federico Garcia Lorca, or Carlos Santana writes a great line of music or a great poem, Balzac and Wole Soyinka…ALL of it is mine. And I take it all!”—Maya Angelou quoted in AP wire article by Hillel Italie

Obama on Race & Politics: “A More Perfect Union” Speech—video & text links

Byriehlifegrace March 19, 2008

Click here to view YouTube video of Obama’s powerful speech on race and politics in America: “A More Perfect Union.” Click here to read entire text of Obama’s speech on race on politics in America delivered in Philadelphia, March 18, 2008. In my view, this speech will go down in history as a classic speech…

Erwin A. Thompson tells Folk Stories from the Soil Conservation Program

Byriehlifegrace April 7, 2007April 24, 2007

As part of reading the river, Pop told me two dryly humorous folk stories from the 1932 US Soil Conservation Program.–JGR ______________________ “The brown color of the Mississippi is tied-in to an issue of land conservation, too. As more and more of the land is cleared for housing and farming, more soil is eroded away…

Shaking Hands with Your Heart in Your Palms–by Daniel Holland

Byriehlifegrace July 8, 2007July 8, 2007

“Don’t be afraid to put your heart in the palm of your hands and shake the hands of your fellow human beings.” –Daniel Holland

Diane Thompson, Land of Lincoln Lawyer, quoted by the Wall Street Journal

Byriehlifegrace March 23, 2007June 2, 2008

The Wall Street Journal online also quoted Diane Thompson Regulators Scrutinized In Mortgage Meltdown By Greg Ip and Damiam Paletta ….”It is extremely rare, for individual matters, to get relief from either the state or the federal regulators,” says Diane Thompson, her attorney. A Wachovia spokeswoman declined to comment on the settlement but noted the…

Tweit & Riehl begin “Blog Duet”: How do we nurture ourselves and still nurture the world?

Byriehlifegrace February 13, 2008June 2, 2008

Susan Tweit, began our blog duet yesterday,Tuesday, February 12, 2008, with her post on “Community of the Land,” titled “Finding your balance: outward and inward.” Susan J. Tweit telling plant stories in Colorado Janet Riehl performs “Big Butts Are Beautiful” As a journalist, memoirist, blogger, and speaker I’ve known Susan through two organizations: Women Writing…

A Riehlife Conversation: Ernest Dempsey, author of THE BITING AGE, Part I

Byriehlifegrace May 23, 2007May 23, 2007

“Essentially, I am living in Pakistan only physically.” This is one of the interesting revelations from the conversation Ernest Dempsey (Karim Khan of Pakistan, author of the new collection of satirical stories, “The Biting Age”) and I share today and tomorrow on Riehlife. Part I takes in the territory of humor in the family and…

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