Reviews: Don’t Turn Away: Poems about Breast Cancer - by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
Through her Poetry and her struggle with Breast Cancer, our cover girl from the last issue, Patricia Wellingham-Jones reminds us what seeking peace is all about.
Archive for the ‘Seeking Peace (Dec 2004/Jan 2005)’ Category
Reviews: WELCOME TO THE FALLEN PARADISE - Dayne Sherman
Our current cover girl weighs in on a fantastic book, find out what she thinks!
Reviews: Stop That Girl - Elizabeth MacKenzie
Makeshift, disjointed families, compromising relationships and a series of non-homes are the driving forces of Elizabeth MacKenzie’s prize-winning and astute debut, Stop That Girl.
Writings: Whine Time - by Deb Smouse
a fictional foray… Beginning whenever she walked in the door until after dinner was on the table, her daughters bitched and whined. She had discovered a glass (or two) of wine made it a little more bearable. She sometimes longed for the days when a handful of goldfish crackers would quiet her daughters.
Writings: Stepping Back to Go Forward - by Diann Chitwood
finding her way to peace with a few steps back… If you
Writings: Venice - by Erin
finding herself in a different space…Yet despite this awkward introduction several years ago, none the beauty or peaceful elegance of this place was lost on me.
Writings: Reflection - by Rebecca
words of prose… So there I stand, naked all of me exposed and I force myself to see all the good in me.
Writings: Riding with my daughter - by Janet
poetic expressions… I
Writings: Terra - Helen - The Princess (a trilogy from Olga)
Three women (New World, Greek, and Medieval), who looked for peace with men and the world…
Writings: Decision-Making 101: The Long and Short of It - by Diann Chitwood
Finding Peace within your own decisions…You wanted to be that pert chick with the sassy short style, but Doubt paralyzed your hand every time you
Writings: Extreme Discomfort, or The Angry Handcuff Poem - by Tracy
a poetic piece…and you yield your flesh to my sinister wishes
Everything Girl: Forgive - by Deb Smouse
The older I get, the more I learn that I certainly have room to grow. By growth, I don’t mean physically – God knows I could stand to shrink in a few places. I’m talking about mental, spiritual and emotional growth. Friends are a great resource for this kind of growth. In everyday conversations, a […]
Everything Girl: Resolutions - by Lor Shepstone
As 2005 draws nearer, so does that looming word: “resolutions”. I started pondering my resolutions for the new year a few weeks ago. The usual ones popped up: lose weight, work less and play more, get such-and-such going for the business etc. You know - the same resolutions you’ve made for the last few years […]
Everything Girl: Dance Faster - by Deb Smouse
As opinionated as I am, there are many moments when I simply don’t know what to say. It isn’t as if the rambling inner-voice inside my head has quieted. On the contrary, that little voice continues a non-stop dialogue telling me what I should be doing, what I shouldn’t be doing, and that I should […]
Everything Girl: seeking your peace - by Lorissa Shepstone
Each edition when I sit down to write this piece 101 topics go through my mind. There are so many important topics I’d like to address and some unimportant ones I’d like to just discuss. I started pondering this editions theme though - Seeking Peace - and what that means to me. Forewarning: This […]
Everything Girl: How to Set Your Brain’s ‘Fat Thermostat’ at a Healthy Level - by Serena
Have you ever watched someone who looks healthy and slender indulge in a slice of chocolate cake and wondered how they stay thin? Part of the reason is that we all have a set-point in our brains that normally keeps our body fat and weight from varying by much. For slender folks, their […]
Everything Girl: Meet Mistress Matisse: Professional Dominatrix |Entreprenuer |
Check your preconceived notions here. Mistress Matisse is anything but the misguided, desperate woman forced to sell her soul to the highest bidder in exchange for drug money or, worse yet, food for her starving, dirty, neglected children living in the projects - you know - that poor girl typically portrayed in every made-for-tv movie I’ve ever seen about women in the sex industry. Quite the contrary, she is intelligent, confident, accomplished, beautiful, and in total control of her life, her career and her clients. She is also quite happy, thank you.
From Matisse:“I chose my career because I knew I’d be good at it, and I am. Yes, I could have chosen a different path
Arts: Peace in war time - Jen Boxer
How does one justify “fighting” for peace?
Arts: Spiritual Peace - Jen Boxer
Even if you aren’t religious. Even if you aren’t Christian. All Spiritual santuaries do instill a feeling of peace.
Arts: The Little Mermaid - Jen Boxer
Sitting peacefully on a rock, looking across the cold misty water that edges Copenhagen is Hans Christian Anderson’s Little Mermaid.
Arts: The Blue Lady - Miranda
This is an interpretation by me illustrating what a woman carries around with her today and how that reflects on her seeking her own peace.
Arts: Finding Peace - linda
Finding peace in general is hard…
Arts: Notre-Dame - Kirsty
I often wonder why it is that when I feel at my lowest I seek out a church and enter it, just to be able to find the overwhelming sense of peace that I know will embrace me from the moment I walk through the door.
Arts: Self Exploration - Looking for Aunt Martha - Judy Jones
It is hard to put the painting in a certain category as I do it because there is an urgency in my soul that will not leave me alone until its done.
Arts: God’s Waiting Room - Ashwini
For Seeking Peace, I am looking inward. My entry has to do with something intensely personal, that I?d like to share with everyone.