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December 31, 2021 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. It is the eve of a new year. That seems hopeful considering the struggles of 2020 and 2021. What better way, then, to ring in the new year than with verse dedicated to the beauty and honesty of winter? Before the poems, however, …
December 28, 2018 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Heri za Kwanzaa means Happy Kwanzaa. Since Kwanzaa began on December 26, and since I know so little about the holiday, I thought that today was the perfect opportunity to learn about it. Also, due to the fact that I know so little …
February 16, 2018 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. “Sanskrit has 96 words for love; ancient Persian has 80, Greek three, and English only one.” – Robert Johnson, The Fisher King and the Handless Maiden I think that it would be ideal to have somewhere between 96 and 3 words for love. …
