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Sherry Kappel
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May 12

The Others

A Eulogy — Too many days these days Even the sun’s merciful hugs Merely illuminate my pain The placid white moon Proffers no solace In the thickness of the darkness Air too heavy to take in Bodies even heavier when Guns are our only friend The lovely mujeres de La Playa Morph into monsters At our…

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The Others
The Others
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Our Human Family

·May 7

It’s Past Time to Pay Up

The Monetary Damages of Enslavement and Racism — Editor’s Letter 💛 Greetings, Ah, the American Dream. Health, wealth, and happiness! Hotdogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet! Work hard, and you can be anything you want to be! Only if you’re white, though. In my last letter, I discussed how pretty much all of us white folks are racist on some level…

Racism

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It’s Past Time to Pay Up
It’s Past Time to Pay Up
Racism

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Our Human Family

·Apr 19

Why is It so Damn Hard to Admit Being Racist?

(Please keep reading because it really — really — matters!) — Editor’s Letter It’s been a hard few weeks since I last wrote here, y’all. Lots more shootings in America the beautiful, more bodies piling up, even as gun “rights” keep expanding (I guess when you’re dead you have no rights, so . . . ). More racial profiling. More laws against women…

Racism

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Why is It so Damn Hard to Admit Being Racist?
Why is It so Damn Hard to Admit Being Racist?
Racism

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Our Human Family

·Mar 28

Racism and Bias in the Media

Editor’s Letter There are two schools of thought about what a media story might represent: common or uncommon occurrences. As a general rule, they are anomalies, hence they make the news. When the story involves racism, it becomes more complicated. A case like Breonna Taylor’s is clearly a rarity, isn’t it? Surely…

Racism

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Racism and Bias in the Media
Racism and Bias in the Media
Racism

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Prism & Pen

·Mar 14

How I’m Learning to Fight Fascism for my LGBTQ Friends

Silence is what the fascists want. — The voices in my head are eerily quiet these days — not silent, but far too quiet. And to all my LGBTQ friends, I’m very sorry. I will work harder, do better. My Loved Ones As a creative with English degrees and decades in marketing, I have had tons of gay friends over…

Creative Non Fiction

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How I’m Learning to Fight Fascism for my LGBTQ Friends
How I’m Learning to Fight Fascism for my LGBTQ Friends
Creative Non Fiction

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Our Human Family

·Mar 5

The Cancellation of Dilbert

Editor’s Letter, Our Human Family — My husband recently commented that Dilbert creator Scott Adams had publicly exposed himself as the racist he apparently is, and his cartoon was rapidly being dropped. …

Our Human Family

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The Cancellation of Dilbert
The Cancellation of Dilbert
Our Human Family

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May 6, 2022

Paradox

A Uniquely American Haiku — Failure to thrive? Nah… It’s because we do well when Men wish us to fail

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Paradox
Paradox
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SNAPSHOTS

·Apr 1, 2022

Technology and Nature

Some More Harmonious Than Others… — As a few of you might remember, I’ve volunteered periodically at a goat dairy farm for the past several years. It’s a bit of work feeding and lifting a hundred baby goats from one pen to another for hours at a time, but also incredibly rewarding. …

Photography

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Technology and Nature
Technology and Nature
Photography

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Jul 13, 2021

Out in Nature
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Diana Lotti

Love it! I hope more of the world comes to appreciate nature's bounty before we've used it up.

Love it! I hope more of the world comes to appreciate nature's bounty before we've used it up.

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SNAPSHOTS

·Jul 5, 2021

A Fourth of July Intrigue

Six-Word Photo Story Summer Challenge —

Photography

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A Fourth of July Intrigue
A Fourth of July Intrigue
Photography

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Sherry Kappel

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