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Introducing Miss Sophia

Alison — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:10:28 +0000

Two firsts today! I’m pleased to be the first person to publish Sophia Gonzales, a sixth grader in southern California. And, her short story below is the first fiction I’ve presented in a post. I especially love the ending to her story. I see part of Diamond-Cut Life’s mission as bringing all generations together with [...]Similar Posts:

Come Inside My Curtain

Alison — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:54:58 +0000

I know. You think I’ve degenerated into being a slacker. No, a frigging slacker. You picture me lounging around in coffee shops in torn clothing, pink-streaked hair and freshly inked tatoos. You see me reading subversive literature and debating land use in heated, holier-than-thou tones (you possibly watch Portlandia). Well, I can own there’s been a [...]Similar Posts:

Deb Speaks On Being A Critical Consumer

Alison — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:34:45 +0000

As I’m devoting the bulk of my writing time to finishing my novel, Revelle, I’m gratefully featuring a variety of writers and thinkers besides myself here at Diamond-Cut Life. Here are thoughts from long-time reader Deb on the recent issue I posed: how fancy of cell phones do we really need? I couldn’t agree more – [...]Similar Posts:

Giving Thanks — But Not For Black Thursday

Alison — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:43:32 +0000

Grateful is a beautiful feeling, like coming in out of a cold winter night to a warm, crackling fireplace. I feel grateful right now, at 6:34 on Thanksgiving morning. I have a loving marriage, secure and meaningful work, plenty to eat, the right to vote, and freedoms of expression and religion that much of the [...]Similar Posts:

Mexico’s Chiapas: The Story Behind The Coffee

Alison — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:22:31 +0000

This is a guest post from Diamond-Cut Life reader Brittany Lyons. Brittany aspires to be a psychology professor, but decided to take some time off from grad school to help people learn to navigate the academic lifestyle. She lives in Spokane, Washington, where she reads science fiction and walks her dog. How much coffee does your [...]Similar Posts:

Voices, Lost And Found: World Pulse And Occupy Portland

Alison — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:06:15 +0000

My fair city was buzzing and humming last night with the theme of overcoming injustice. Occupy Portland rocked the streets and courthouse square of downtown Portland in the afternoon with a robust demonstration against corporate greed. And World Pulse, which gives thousands of women worldwide a media forum and a global voice, presented to a [...]Similar Posts:

9-11 Anniversary: No, It Doesn’t Stand Alone

Alison — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:40:12 +0000

I disagree with this morning’s headline story in the New York Times that defines September 11, 2001, as “A Day That Stands Alone In History”. I can understand that that statement is true for the survivors of the deceased, and for the city that experienced the attacks. I respect the intensity of their experience, and [...]Similar Posts:

Choosing Our Changes

Alison — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:26:26 +0000

Diamond-Cut Life is coming up on its fourth anniversary, and this is its 420th post. I’m reflecting that some things in a person’s life change – how else would we grow? – while other things stay the same – how else would we have a core self? For example, I still love church — [...]Similar Posts:

Christina’s Joy Riding

Alison — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:55:23 +0000

This is a guest post from my friend Christina, who has a Master’s degree in nursing from Yale and the most irrepressible spirit I’ve met here in my Mt. Tabor neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. In May I put down the gauntlet to my boss. Bike to work one day a week starting the first week [...]Similar Posts:

This & That In Mid-July

Alison — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:44:03 +0000

Mid-summer rain and mist here on Mt. Tabor in Portland, Oregon, and I’m thinking the concert in the park (chamber pop!)

Looking up in Mt Tabor park

[/caption] will be rescheduled for early August instead — p.m. update: Christina told me it IS being held — and I will regret not going! . . [...]Similar Posts: