Be Kind

ByLakota Grace

  My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.  Dalai Lama The Phoenix Fire Department motto is “Be Nice.”  I’ve always liked that.  Two words conveying a way of being. Sometimes the hardest things to grasp are  the most simple. The gift of a flower. A pat on the back. A compliment to a…

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Writer’s Block

ByLakota Grace

  I’d been having a miserable writer’s block. Nothing seemed to help. I sang, I danced, I walked around the block, I called my sister. Nada. Then I set the alarm for 4:45 am and changed where I wrote. Instead of at my regular desk I cleaned out a vacant studio and set up a…