Posts Tagged Thoughtful Meanderings
Reacting like an alcoholic
Posted by Leslie in Beyond Meanderings on November 16, 2009
In addressing the whole idea of people who think like criminals, however minor the infractions may be, and the ghetto mindset in which people won’t talk to the police because they are afraid of the repercussions, there is another issue that goes hand in hand: substance abuse and the patterns that develop because of it. […]
From Farmers’ Markets to Preventive Medicine
Posted by Leslie in Beyond Meanderings on October 21, 2009
I have several friends who are very into homeopathic medicine, natural cleaners, home remedies, organic foods, and all kinds of bio-ethical decisionmaking. I totally support that, see the wisdom in it, and, frankly, would love to adopt it all myself. I believe that theory that claims “when sin, and with it disease, entered the now-tainted […]
Job changes
Posted by Leslie in Beyond Meanderings, Poetry on October 18, 2009
This poem is, to me, what snugly fits with this column because my faith often fuels my writing, and God gave me my techie husband, so it is fitting on several levels that I give God the glory for where I am now. Written at a very different time in my life, this poem reflects what […]
Bohemian: the ironic twist to my comfort food column
Posted by Leslie in Beyond Meanderings, Poetry on October 17, 2009
While I was blessed that things stopped where they began, there is a deeper irony in the comfort derived from Czech food than my column could allow. My hope is that in sharing this poem, originally posted at Poetic Asides as a prompt for “a personal interaction,” my readers will connect with something concrete in […]
Direct Questions
Posted by Leslie in Beyond Meanderings on October 15, 2009
While I teasingly compared Obama’s redirection of questions during his campaign to redirecting toddlers in order to avoid a tantrum, I think the bigger topic behind this is how people respond to direct questions. When someone asks a direct question, it requires a direct answer, yet we tend to try and get out of it […]
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A burgeoning writer and journalist, I am currently reporting for the Ozarks Sentinel newspaper. I wanted to create a place to talk about the pink elephants trumpeting in rooms across the globe.
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