Screams New Orleans and Mardigras

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1. Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on my list.

3. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

4. If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.

5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

6. War does not determine who is right – only who is left.

7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

8. Evening news is where they begin with ‘Good Evening,’ and then proceed to tell you why it isn’t.

9. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

10. A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.

11. I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted paychecks.

12. Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says, ‘In case of emergency, notify:’ I put ‘DOCTOR.’

13. I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

14. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

15. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.

16. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.

17. I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.

18. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

19. Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.

20. There’s a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can’t get away.

21. I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not so sure.

22. You’re never too old to learn something stupid.

23. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

24. Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.

25. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

26. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

27. A diplomat is someone who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you look forward to the trip.

28. Hospitality is making your guests feel at home even when you wish they were.

29. I always take life with a grain of salt. Plus a slice of lemon, and a shot of tequila.

30. When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.

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Although this group is not exclusive to women it is a worthy venture. I am presenting a multi-media poetry presentation based on my book Code of Silence at their HTC Festival in Roanoke this year.

The festival is free and open to all survivors, friends, loved ones, and supporters of survivors.

Healing through Creativity Festival – Roanoke VA
October 1-3 2010
Grandin Gardens, 1731 Grandin Road, Roanoke, VA

Friday Oct. 1, 2010
1-8 pm Open Gallery

6-8 pm Potluck Dinner on Front Porch

Saturday Oct. 2, 2010

10pm-9 pm Open Gallery

11-noon Paolette Coronel “Ignorance is Bliss”

1-2 pm Barbara Shine “The Healing Journal”

2:30-3:30 pm Lisa Plummer “Soul Collage Workshop”

4-5 pm T.Byron Kelly – Spectral Arts – Music

6-7 pm Music

7 – 8 pm Jenny Miller “Code of Silence: Beneath the American Dream – Multimedia Poetry presentation”

8:30-9 pm Music

Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010
Open Gallery 1-3 pm

Please feel free to pass this along to anyone you think would be interested, and, of course, plan to attend yourself. It will be a wonderful event.

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Grant Wood's American Gothic

I know those eyes. Not the grim accepting ones, focusing forward, strong and determined; but the other eyes, the ones containing a well of sadness, the repository for years of unwept tears. The tears that couldn’t be shed, the pain of silently bearing the loss of youth, of beauty but most of all, the loss of self.

When youth skipped merrily through your soul, you came to this god-forsaken land hoping to bring life to barren plains, but found that the fields were cruel and demanding masters, eroding your lively spirit, painstakingly consuming your woman’s heart.

Now all that’s left of your youthful dreams swims in the pool of grief that is your eyes. Weariness turns the corners of your mouth grim, and you stare off into the horizon searching for the reason you will end your life here, barren and alone, in these lifeless fields.

My heart reaches for your sadness; I long to cradle your pain in loving arms, to rock your soul-ache away. But we both stand across the distance of the years, each with our own grief, each with a story in our eyes.

Code of Silence/Beneath the American Dream

To understand the journey from darkness into light, you must follow the path from the childhood beginning of the abuse, to the adult behavioral consequences, and finally to the recovery and reclamation of life.

In the beginning: abuse is delivered by the those who should have been there to comfort, to protect. Physical, emotional, sexual abuse are familiar denizens of childhood years for all too many children.

And, of course, there’s the cover up–bury the memories deep, hide the pain, live in desperation and unending solitude–a hard place to live, a hard place to leave, a hard place to survive. Because no one really wants to know he truth. No one wants to look too closely at just how tragic the effects of abuse are.

I choose to part the veil of silence–atrocities brought into the light diminish in power and no longer control me. And, in the process, if I can help lead others out of the shadows into the light, then my journey is not in vain.

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Do You Have a Bill of Rights?

Assertive communication is the key to getting your message heard, getting the respect you deserve, and being rewarded for your strengths and contributions.

What is the definition of assertive communication? All too often, when we’re asked what assertiveness is we come up with elaborate scenarios, statements, and descriptions. Let’s keep it simple. Assertive communication is getting what you need without offending anyone else.

Easier said than done, you say. Once you learn the steps to assertively communicate, you’ll be saying “easily done.”

Like the founding fathers of the United States, you need to create a Bill of Rights. What do you have the right to do?

Some basics are:

• You have the right to speak your mind.

• You have the right to take care of yourself.

• You have the right to say no.

Create your Bill of Rights today. Carry it with you everywhere you go. Read it out loud every day. And start learning more about the techniques of assertive communication. One good place to start is: http://assertive-communication.blogspot.com