The Resolute Woman

Author: resolutewoman

  • Traveling in West Texas

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    I recently attended the Hart Family Reunion in Big Spring, Texas. Some people prefer trees and lots of green. I like trees and green, too, but I also love the vastness of the land and sky in West Texas. As Aristotle once said, “In all things of nature, there is something marvelous.” –Joy

  • Traveling with books

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    I never go on a trip without at least three books—just in case. Of course, I do a lot of arm-chair traveling with books, too. As Jhumpa Lahiri once said, “That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” –Joy

  • Joy in little things

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    I’m still cleaning, and I’ve found lot of bookmarks—additions for my bookmark collection. Some are decorated with bits of wisdom. Here’s one I like. Joy is in little things— A little cat, A little book, Time spent reading in a cozy nook. –Joy

  • Laugh as much as possible

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    I’m still cleaning, and I’ve found lot of bookmarks—additions for my bookmark collection. Some are decorated with bits of wisdom. Here’s one I like. “Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives,” Maya Angelou once said. –Joy

  • Happiness

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    I’m still cleaning, and I’ve found lot of bookmarks—additions for my bookmark collection. Some are decorated with bits of wisdom. Here’s one I like. “Happiness is found along the way—not at the end of the journey.” –Joy

  • A Black woman president?

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    Is this country ready for a Black woman president? The bigger question, asked Alex Shephard in the New Republic, is whether we’re ready to elect an elderly career criminal to whom the epithet “fascist” can be applied without hyperbole. Should “a convicted felon, sexual predator and insurrectionist” be returned to office? asked Frederick Baron and…

  • Waiting to die

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    “You have to wait until you are certain that a patient is going to die before you can end that pregnancy,” said Dr. Lauren Miller, who was quoted in the spring 2024 issue of Ms. Magazine. She was practicing in Idaho when she made that statement, but she now lives in Colorado.

  • It’s exciting!

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    A Black woman is going to be president of the United States! Maybe? We hope. I am reminded of a quote from Georgia O’Keeffe. “Kick your heels in the air! Isn’t it exciting?!” O’Keeffe once said. –Joy

  • The Shawnee’s Golden Rule

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    “Do not kill or injure your neighbor, for it is not he or she that you injure. You injure yourself.” This is the Shawnee Tribe’s Golden Rule. The Golden Rule “means this: Treat people the way you would like to be treated. It’s golden because it’s so valuable—and a way of living your life that’s…

  • Buddhism’s Golden Rule

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    “Do not do to others what would hurt you.” This is Buddhism’s Golden Rule. The Golden Rule “means this: Treat people the way you would like to be treated. It’s golden because it’s so valuable—and a way of living your life that’s so simple, it shines,” says the grandfather in Ilene Cooper’s children’s book The…