Listen & Be Heard Weekly Archives

I would like to welcome you to another week of self-discovery and universal understanding. You start this week?Äôs forecast of major transit on Friday, when the Sun, your source of vitality and light at 8¬∫ Sagittarius will square Saturn, the planet of personal restrictions, at 8¬∫ Virgo. The energy expressed from this square of the [...]

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?ÄúChina Dolls?Äù by Michelle Yu & Blossom Kan The gal pal theme has long been a literary favorite with such classics as Amy Tan?Äôs ?ÄúJoy Luck Club?Äù (1989), Terry McMillan?Äôs ?ÄúWaiting to Exhale?Äù (1992), and of course, Candace Bushnell?Äôs ?ÄúSex and the City (1997).?Äù Written by cousins Michelle Yu and Blossom Kan, ?ÄúChina Dolls?Äù is [...]

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Sierra trail. Shafts of sunlight & shadowed stalks, scents of cedar & pine. I turn to see them slipping under rock. The rattles… In silence, I returned. The need to confront… Mindlanguage telling them to trust me:      Don?Äôt be afraid.                                            & SNAP. …a branch breaks underfoot, shaking leaves.                                        [...]

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Crazy, My head keeps spinning- Over something I can’t explain, over and over, and over- everytime, everytime I hear you. Lost in time, lost in you. Forget about you, forget about time, I don’t know what to do, I am something I like, when I, When I hear you.?Ä® Talk, Talk to me, I don’t [...]

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for todd moore Geri Digiorno will be the featured poet at L&BH Poetry Café on Friday, November 30, 2007 shirley worked in the cannery in fesno her big voice matched her frame she wore delicate scarves and too much make- up¬? her boyfriend spider was a bum they lived in her late brothers house with [...]

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Holy Mother by leticia hernández-linares

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Titanism by charles frederickson

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OF WHAT CONTINUES by chad sweeney

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Tamale Pie by oliver flavin

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This old [tag]recipe[/tag] of mine came into my mind this last week because in my kitchen garden, the green beans have begun to come in. This is a simple but tasty dish and easy to prepare. 1 lb. green beans 1 medium onion, chopped 4 or 5 cloves garlic, minced 3 to 5 green jalape?os, [...]

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I would liketo welcome you to the Month of October. Libra is the Zodiac sign for the month of October, which will focus your energy on relationship balance. This Month’s theme will be on how you balance the energy of masculinity and femininity in your life, from an external and internal relationship perspective. Before you [...]

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Parry?s Pizzaria 234 American Canyon Road 707 647-2110 [tag]New York Pizza[/tag] in [tag]American Canyon[/tag]? Yes. It?s true and, if the internet is any measurement, word has gotten out. While no one has called it the best pizza west of the Mississippi, the pizza at Parry?s is the best a lot of homesick New Yorkers have [...]

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With its high content of iron and calcium Nettles offers herself as a valuable herb for all stages of a Woman?s life. Stinging Nettles!? You mean the stuff that caused me so much pain when I fell into it as a kid? You mean the weed that Dad made sure was pulled out from our [...]

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Listen & Be Heard Poetry Caf? in Vallejo and the Native American Center in San Francisco have a mini-series within a series going on. Every Friday night there is Open Mic at the Caf?. If you arrive promptly at 8pm, you?ll catch a set with Martha & Tony accompanied by Tony Rodriguez (of the Talons) [...]

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What comes to mind when considering the state of Maine? Stephen King. Senator Olympia Snowe. Former Senator Ed Muskie. The fictional character Hawkeye Pierce from the ?M*A*S*H? TV series. The definitely non-fictional former President George H.W. Bush?s summer home in Kennebunkport. Maine Coon cats. ?ME? used as the official state abbreviation (and people say Californians [...]

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