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Intentions

Lisa Miles — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:39:22 +0000

A couple weeks back I said that I was going to try to find ways to chat with my kids about racism. I haven’t had to ‘try’ at all. Somehow we’ve managed to have several out-of-the-blue conversations – none of which have I originated. Like last Thursday. We had our first really nice summer day. [...]

Educational Television?

Lisa Miles — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:46:14 +0000

The only time I watch TV is when I have something laying on my brain, just out of sight, and I haven’t been able to quite boil it down yet. This is when I plunk down in the den; turn on some mindless chatter and veg. Such was the evening. I’m on the sofa, Deal [...]

You’re Who?

Lisa Miles — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:33:53 +0000

“If I am me because you are you And you are you because I am me Then I am not me and you are not you. But if I am me because I am me And you are you because you are you Then I am me and you are you.” Abe Wagner Have two [...]

The Farmer, the Daughter & the Elephant

Lisa Miles — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:42:45 +0000

Ours was not a harmonious relationship. The few adult conversations we managed only cemented our divide with righteous opinons, thrown from both sides of the tent. He died unexpectedly in 2006. A year or so before, he made a rare appearance at my home. The time of his arrival signaled this was not just a [...]

The Whitest State in the Nation

Lisa Miles — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:12:03 +0000

Maine is the whitest state in the Nation. And I live in Northern Maine. Let me put it to you this way; if Maine was a soft-serve ice cream cone, it would be vanilla, and we’d be the dippy-do curl on the top. I’m not even sure if we have a racism issue here. An [...]