Beyond Hope or Despair, by Judy Fox
Although the prognosis for our planet still does not look good, I can’t stop responding. It’s beyond reason, beyond emotion, beyond hope or despair.
Read MorePosted by greenfirewriterseditor | Nov 12, 2018 | Fired Up! Essays, Fired Up! Writing
Although the prognosis for our planet still does not look good, I can’t stop responding. It’s beyond reason, beyond emotion, beyond hope or despair.
Read MorePosted by greenfirewriterseditor | Nov 11, 2018 | Fired Up! Writing, From the Editors
If you want peace and harmony, you have to live it and support it everywhere, in every human interaction–and not just with other humans, but with all living beings.
Read MorePosted by greenfirewriterseditor | Nov 11, 2018 | Fired Up! Essays, Fired Up! Writing
In this climate, even a plastic water bottle has the power to divide.
Read MorePosted by greenfirewriterseditor | Nov 11, 2018 | Fired Up! Essays, Fired Up! Non-Fiction, Fired Up! Writing
Today I know a deep and everlasting love both for Kay, my milk mother, and for my blood mother, Marie. I wouldn’t be here without both of them. Although they’re gone now, together, they’re alive in me.
Read MorePosted by greenfirewriterseditor | Nov 10, 2018 | Fired Up! Essays, Fired Up! Writing
Nothing ever evens out. Tears come down wet, whether in fear, grief, delight, or gratitude. That summer, I let the leg anomalies slip off the scales and chose joy over terror.
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