Carlene Cross: Fleeing Fundamentalism (Book Review)
Job, education, emancipation. . .my new mantra. I was getting out. – Carlene Cross Carlene Cross wanted to write about the history of fundamentalism, but her publisher thought her book should […]
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Robin Givens: Grace Will Lead me Home (Book Review + More)
Use your smile to change the world, don’t let the world change your smile! – Robin Simone Givens “Amazing Grace” is the theme of Robin Given’s compelling memoir, Grace Will […]
Bravo, Chuck Cox: Susan Cox Powell’s Father Finally Gets a Measure of Justice in Pierce County, WA
Very sad update: Although Chuck Cox did everything possible to try to protect his grandsons, the system ultimately betrayed him. Josh Powell brutally murdered his sons and himself in a house explosion […]
Buffett Rule in Action: Rick Steves Donated His $1 Million in Bush Tax Cuts to Edmonds Arts Center
Trinity Place: A Hand Up Mr. Steves has been equally thoughtful in providing shelter for women via his strategic partnership with the YWCA’s Pathways for Women. On his website, he […]
Book Review: Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall
FLDS leader Warren Jeff’s trial started today in San Angelo, Texas. The San Angelo Standard-Times reports he is being tried on two counts of sexual assault of a child. It appears his […]
Baa-Baa, Black Sheep, Bye-Bye!
Dysfunctional families love to have their black sheep ~ the scapegoat ~ someone who is sacrificed to the wolf to protect the flock from its own internal shizza. Oprah was […]
Tyler Perry: “It’s going to be all right.”
I died as a child. – Tyler Perry Tyler Perry can’t bear to look at this photo of himself as a 6-year old boy. The abuse he experienced was so […]
J2J Day 10: Iyanla Vanzant on Oprah
I was on Oprah today. OK. Blink. You missed me. Several times. I was in the audience for almost all of Iyanla Vanzant’s twenty-two appearances on Oprah. I vividly recall the Maundy […]
J2J Day 9: Intention
Lakeshore Drive in Chicago was impassable last night due to a record-setting blizzard. The Weather Channel is reporting thunder snow. We have sunshine in Seattle. It is time for me to […]
Saving Promise Comes to Seattle
Ginny Nicarthy, author of Getting Free: You Can End Abuse and Take Back Your Life and You can Be Free: An Easy-to-Read Handbook for Abused Women, kicked off L.Y. Marlow’s Saving Promise 10-city […]
Anne Caroline Drake 