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Rest

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Rosalind C Hughes

Did you recall, as you were falling into the earth, into the abyss of memory, before the ground dented the palms of your hands before their time; did you recall, as the once-living wood pierced your side with bitter splinters, … Continue reading →

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Wrestling and rest

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Why isn’t it easier to live as a saint? Continue reading →

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Things I can’t imagine doing this week

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

Going out for a beer with a corporation. Telling a woman that her choice of contraception is against my religion. Bellowing “no one wants you” to a bus load of children. Carrying an assault rifle into a department store. Carrying … Continue reading →

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Paying the piper

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places and calling to their playmates, ‘We piped to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’ …Yet wisdom … Continue reading →

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