Dancing Woman
She danced to a rhythm only she could hear. When she first started dancing nearly forty years ago, she had no wings.
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Emilie Vardaman
A Visit with a Saint
My adventure began when my friend Cinda sent me a short article she’d found. It was about the Mexican folk saint Teresa Urrea.
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My Unexpected Friend Will Inman
He’d often send a real letter, but more often he’d send a poem with a note scribbled on the back.
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The Streets of Kansas City
In 1985 I left the desert for a job in Kansas City, Missouri, a city that had long been racially divided.
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