Wole Soyinka
So here I am at the Wole Soyinka Symposia at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, about as happy as a girl can be and still remain in her skin! The brainpower in this auditorium hooked up to electrical generators could solve the world energy […]
Two weeks ago Susan Tweit and I opened a format I’ve termed a “blog duet” (a coinage for our exchange between blogs and mind-hearts). Susan’s blog Community of the Land focuses on spirit-infused ecology. My blog Riehlife seeks to gather and amplify village wisdom we can apply to our everyday 21st century conundrums.
“Off She Goes […]
Sing along, now, everybody, all together:
“Getting to know you,
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you,
Getting to know what to say”
That’s the essence of the “Getting to Know You” blogging meme which Isabella Mori of Change Therapy has just tagged me to participate in.
Poinsetta, December-child’s flower
DECEMBER
12 characteristics…one for each month of the year.
1. […]
“Going the second mile” was a catch-phrase in our family, and comes from the Bible, Matthew 5:4 41 “Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two.” [A Roman official could require any subject of the Roman empire to bear a burden, or carry a load for one mile.] “Going the second mile” […]
Janet Grace Riehl and Erwin A. Thompson, father-daughter writing team
TREASURE CHEST
by Janet Grace Riehl
from “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary”
He labors in the grove of service.
Remembers flat tires, repaired.
Loans proffered for crises.
Then his somber face glows
with the light of a thousand-watt angel.
Memories of good turns returned
is a treasure he counts with care.
His treasure chest
of good deed […]
To read my father’s poem “Night Patrol” click here to access the Riehlife March 18th 2007 entry.
To see Erwin A. Thompson tellling this story of bravery in action…matter of factly and with gentle humor…go to www.thetelegraph.com. Tip: To avoid problems in streaming this video, you may wish to press the pause button on the screen […]
“Even with his body ravaged by shrapnel, Erwin Thompson managed to drag one of his men back to safety. He didn’t know it, but th man was about to return the favor.
“Thompson, now 92 and living in Jersey County, remembers a time during World War II when he was put in charge of a night […]
Wole Soyinka defies categories and boundaries: Scholar, poet, playwright, actor, human rights activist, Nobel Prize winner, former political prisoner.
Born in 1934 in western Nigeria. He studied at Government College in Ibadan. In 1973, he earned a doctorate from the University of Leeds. Dramaturgist at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1958 to 1959. He […]
Here are two links to learn more about the wierd and wonderful world of my friend Alethea Eason’s book “Hungry”.
HUNGRY by Alethea Eason
1) Click here to read a review of HUNGRY by Alethea Eason on Reader Views by 13-year-old Emily Robbins.
This review was just picked up by Reuters. Way to go, Alethea! How does the […]
My father loves womankind, and he is kindness itself to women. At 92 his current hobby is shepherding a family of adopted daughters through their tearful life moments…in extremely practical and tangible ways at times…in poetic ways at other times as in the poem we share with you today. This adopted daughter is my father’s […]
