REWARD ©2020 by Alice Walker
I rarely read reviews, but The Water Dancer, by Ta- Nehisi Coates, moved me so deeply and seemed so extraordinary I was curious about what reviewers might say. I have now read a few reviewers’ notions, and it is just as I thought: they are on another planet. This is a great novel, even a world… Continue reading
The Sustaining Dignity of the Modest. Photo by Alice Walker 2019
FIVE PRINCIPLES FOR GETTING THROUGH THE TRUMP YEARS
An offering to:
THE PEACE BALL, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM, WASHINGTON, D.C.
JANUARY 19, 2017
Copyright 2017 by Alice Walker
1. Turn up the KINDNESS volume to everyone you know; and some you don’t know.
Kindness … Continue reading
Reprint: We Were Made For These Times, Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, one of the greatest teachers our planet has offered. Thank you, Sister. ~AW
My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our… Continue reading
CANDLES AT CHRISTMASTIME
©2019 by Staughton and Alice Lynd
Measured by numbers
We have lived 89 and 90 years.
Strangers ask us,
“How long have you two
Been married?” And we answer,
“68 years.”
Gardeners have their own way
To sum things up.
Watching, touching, sniffing
They can tell
A sturdy plant with deep roots
And lovely leaves.
Each of… Continue reading
Día de Acción de Gracias y Por llegar: Pensamientos sobre los libros que siguen
Thanksgiving: I Am Thankful for Artists; I Am Thankful for Books
©by Alice Walker 2019 November 28, 2019
Because Life doesn’t… Continue reading
With Kaola bear. The outback. Australia. 1990s
Photo by Jean Weisinger
Australia Fire Koala Bear – WP article 2019-11-15
Kaola Bear, Beloved
© 2019 by Alice Walker
None of this is your fault,
You are blameless;
Like all creatures
entirely native to this earth.
You are warm. You love to hug.
In your eyes there is wonder
and peace.
There are… Continue reading
En Cuba: Familia: Manuel y Madai.
Manuel and Madai 2019
In Cuba
©2019 by Alice Walker
In Cuba
These are the people
You wish to hurt.
I believe there is a penalty
For harming those
Who are good.
This grandfather,
Smiling with joy;
This granddaughter
Oblivious of danger
Happy to have arrived
In his arms.
This is a good man.
Holding a delightful human… Continue reading
The author Julian Aguon with Hawaiian activist/artist Meleanna Meyer
Everyone Must Go
©2019 by Alice Walker
It is a great sadness that any American should be denied entry to Palestine, and particularly those, like Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, who wish to go in solidarity with the people, one of them a relative, a grandmother, not simply as tourists. Years ago, a… Continue reading
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened. – Anatole France
You Died, And Then I Understood
Copyright © 2019 by Alice Walker
Charlie Larson Walker/June 17, 2019/3:15 AM
You died in my arms, and yes,
My heart felt crushed.
Another dog, much younger than you,
Was frisking about
As dogs do.
I was annoyed. How dare she live… Continue reading
Film Trailer [2:30 min]
RENEGADE: THE LIFE STORY OF DAVID ICKE, a #1 documentary film in England and climbing the charts in other countries. An example of perseverance over daunting odds from which we might draw strength.
Do we need strength? We do.
Beautifully directed by Stephen Peek and gracefully edited by Maria Demeshkina Peek. Music by Jake Hull.
Be Nobody’s… Continue reading