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ARETHA FRANKLIN ~ The History Today

September 27, 2026
Aretha Franklin’s childhood was stolen before she even understood what childhood meant. When she was six years old, her mother Barbara left Detroit, escaping a difficult marriage. Barbara didn’t a…
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Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda and Robin Morgan 2005

September 8, 2026
About Women’s Media Center In 2005, Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem founded the Women’s Media Center (WMC), a progressive, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to raise the visibil…
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Climate Change Hawaii

September 7, 2026
Hawaii is experiencing rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, sea level rise, and more intense storms, all of which are reshaping its ecosystems, communities, and economy. Current Impacts H…
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TOWARD THE CLEARING

From the foreground we see the clearing as it emerges in the distance through the canvas, a lifetime away. Beyond in mist the future is alluring. Rippling water and stepping stones show the way, smooth, strategic at start, but the climb slumbers in the distance.  READ MORE

ON ART, AND FINDING A WAY HOME

I think art of any kind has to do with finding one’s way home, that is, back to oneself perhaps for the first time. Art connects heart and mind, to find the story I’m searching for.  READ MORE

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Published by Main Street Rag, Charlotte, North Carolina 2014  Price: &17.95   

Jean’s work has previously been published in It’s All Relative – Tales from the Tree,  in The Great Smokies Review, in Speckled Trout Review and in These Trees by Ruthie Rosauer,