Humans are always in a state of transition and writers can be lights along the darkened path. In 1860 James Russell Lowell, from north of the Mason and Dixie line wrote that," the south is asking us to agree that slavery is a necessary evil; that it is good for both master and slave." They tell us that it was divinely instituted in the Old Testament and sanctioned in the New.
The tension is of course that a literal reading of the Bible would have sanctioned slavery but more enlightened...

Our Love

I thought of you
In the evening's most desolate hour
I remember your eyes and their brilliant glare
Your voice I remember as sweet as the dove's song
And your lips where as red as the rose of Sharon

Do not depart, oh Sweet Maiden
There is relief for souls that are sorrow laden
For my desire for you is too dear
Let us reminisce in our love
And we shall not despair!

How I dream to hold...

Today I tried a new form of poetry for a contest on Writing.com. I wrote a pantoum, which is:
The pantoum originated in Malaysia in the fifteenth-century as a short folk poem, typically made up of two rhyming couplets that were recited or sung. However, as the pantoum spread, and Western writers altered and adapted the form, the importance of rhyming and brevity diminished. The modern pantoum is a poem of any length, composed of four-line stanzas in which the second and fourth lines of each...

Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you. ~1 Thessalonians 5:18
“…And If you would count the blessings of Allah you would not be able to count them…” ~Surah Ibrahim 14:34

Today I am thankful for being given the chance to interview at Build A Bear. I'm not sure how it went - I thought it went well, it seemed like I matched what she was looking for, but when it came to the times... not so much. I wanted to work days until 5pm because I do have...

As most people know, the koala is only found in Australia.

In case you do not know, koala's have a very specialized diet... they only eat eucalyptus leaves. Eucalyptus trees of the kind they need are only, and have only been found, in Australia.

Koala's do not swim. No Koala remains, including fossils, have ever been found outside of Australia.

So, how did the koala get from the Ark to Australia?