I met Moonflower in my last life and asked her if I could take her name for mine
She lay on her deathbed old and frail worn out from age and the Cancer robbing her body invading it like an Army leaving her battle scarred
Once a beautiful, young maiden full of life admired by all, her male admirers lined up just to say hello
Now I sat with her as I had done many times
She had adopted me as her own when my parents had been killed in a car accident
Having been widowed at a young age she had es… Continue
Added by Jackie on November 27, 2009 at 9:03am —
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I still feel the tears in my eyes as the bullets hit my husband
I bent over his body and then I felt the bullet hit my heart
I fell back onto the ground
I can see the blood of us and our neighbors and family flowing into the ground into the crops
We were living in peace but the white man came and claimed our land and murdered us all
First many of the women were raped and left with their throats slit
Children running around looking for someone to hold them wipe away their tears
The crying… Continue
She is
a woman of the earth
beautiful
in the shining sun
and just as lovely
maybe even more so
in the light
of the stars
The trees listen to
her soft footsteps
the animals know
her name
all tingle with… Continue
Added by Ramona on October 11, 2009 at 4:30pm —
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Just a note to say hello and sorry I haven't been around much lately. I have experienced some complications with my eye surgery and just trying to stay even.
My best to everyone
Dolly
"Listen to your heart. Never stop listening."
Henry Quick Bear, Lakota Continue
A single star
By Ramona L. Skidmore
A single star
shines bright as the day gives in
to the night
Like a sparkling
gem twinkling and
awakening my soul
I watch and wait for this little star
to be covered by the clouds
so near and yet
so far
But the clouds never do
surround it
no
this little star does not submit
nor give in
to the grayness which is all
around it
It holds its own
and becomes even more
powerful as the night
unfolds
As the darkness starts to weigh
heavy on my mind
and sleep take… Continue
Added by Ramona on October 4, 2009 at 10:54am —
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Hi All....The Laugh At Cancer Org in Jacksonville, FL will be "Bringing the Holidays to the Local Nursing Homes”. We need candles, soaps, bath kits, small gifts, blankets, books, bookmarks, and lots more. Please consider helping us make these holidays...One to remember! We also need Christmas cards and lots of Bagged candy. We need you to make this happen, so let’s spread hope to those who can’t come home this year. (Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas) Please contact Crystal If you can help.… Continue
from the soundtrack of our collective lives, another voice has fallen. this voice shaped my formative years w/ inventive melody, harmony, and philosophy there before unknown to me.
from another time, in spite of all her beauty and consonance, we still haven't learned that war is never the right answer.
r… Continue
Xenophobia has two main objects:
The first is a population group present within a society that is not considered part of that society. Often they are recent immigrants, but xenophobia may be directed against a group which has been present for centuries, or became part of this societ… Continue
Added by Angela on September 16, 2009 at 11:26am —
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"Introspection II" is the fifth section, and second with vocals, of "The Chrome Lake." And as is the case for its almost-but-not-identical twin "Introspection I," the subject matter is pretty much self-explanatory.
You've got a lot of decisions to make as you build that leftover turkey sandwich. One decision you'll probably make with ease is whether to cut the sandwich into triangles or rectangles. If you go for the diagonal slice, you're in good company. Chefs, foodies, an architect and even a mathematician all told us: Diagonal rules. But why?
It's not just turkeys that get nervous this time of year. Chances are high that a failing relationship will also meet its end during the holidays. That's because it's not just turkey season — it's turkey drop season.
When Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner created the "2,000-Year-Old Man" routine, they never dreamed it would turn 50. This month, Shout! Factory released a remastered 50th anniversary collection of the original comedic recordings called The 2000-Year-Old Man: The Complete History. Host Scott Simon talks with Brooks and Reiner about their decades of comedy and friendship.
Amidst all the steakhouses in Oklahoma City, a new restaurant touts a completely different cuisine. Host Scott Simon travels there to experience raw food at its finest.
"There is a history in all men's lives," William Shakespeare wrote, and there are few better places to find out about his life and legacy than the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. Host Scott Simon visits the library with Weekend Edition's literary detective, Paul Collins, for a look into the vaults that hold early Shakespeare folios.
Music, fellowship and refreshments are among the highlights planned for the tribe’s holiday tree lighting program on the Cherokee Nation Courthouse Square in downtown Tahlequah on Friday, Dec. 4.
To honor the success and accomplishments of Native American owned businesses, the Cherokee Nation recently held the second annual Tribal Employment Rights Office Awards Ceremony at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Catoosa.
The Cherokee Nation is again providing funding through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program for eligible Cherokees and other Native Americans this winter.
Salvation Army staff works with Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tulsa and Cherokee Nation employees to unload 1,000 frozen turkeys that the casino donated to the organization on Tuesday.
The Cherokee Nation has partnered with two area transit systems to provide public transportation, and is now announcing some big changes to make commutes even more affordable and a lot more fun.