October 2019
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One day not so long ago, a man named McArthur Wheeler robbed a bank. He threw himself fearlessly into it, and there is a reason why. He was fearless because he covered his face with lemon juice which, he believed, would make his face invisible to the surveillance cameras. Lemon juice makes for invisible ink,…
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There is a song in Singing the Journey (the turquoise hymnal) that has been singing itself through me lately. The author is the great Dr. Ysaye Barnwell, member of Sweet Honey in the Rock: For each child that’s born, a morning star rises and sings to the universe who we are. We are our grandmothers’…