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Holding My Grandson, Come to Land This Morning from Spring 2008

I cradle you, my hatchling child, and ponder
what your birth reveals about origins;
how water is our first world, then air, then earth,

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by Judith Curtis

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The trouble with Relief Society

31 July 2008 @ 07:50 | Ask Nine Women | 55 Comments

Want to bring something to the table to discuss? Please suggest topics via e-mail to askninewomenATgmailDOTcom. Submissions are chosen at random.
Today’s question comes from Tonya, who is, I know, not the only one with mixed feelings about Relief Society–the meeting, not the program. Thanks Tonya!
Yesterday at a family dinner my sister asked me if I [...]

What does it feel like?

27 June 2008 @ 08:03 | Ask Nine Women | 11 Comments

Wanted: More reader submissions for Ask Nine Women. Please submit yours at askninewomenATgmailDOTcom.
Today’s question for Ask Nine Women comes from Wendy, who writes the following:
I need to hear some experiences or insight into the difference between the Gift of the Holy Ghost that LDS are given and the influence of the Holy Ghost.
I know what [...]

Are you your mother?

22 May 2008 @ 05:50 | Ask Nine Women | 30 Comments

Wanted: More reader submissions for Ask Nine Women. Please submit yours at askninewomenATgmailDOTcom.
Recently I read a couple of hysterical posts about things our parents fed us when we were children. You can read them here and here.
The food flashbacks triggered by both posts reminded me of many a time I sat alone at the dinner [...]

Are you an ant or a grasshopper?

1 May 2008 @ 07:13 | Ask Nine Women | 66 Comments

Last week I went to the grocery store and while I was casually meandering past the aisle of rice and beans I got quite a shock.
The rice row was completely empty.

What about the children?

24 April 2008 @ 07:05 | Ask Nine Women | 12 Comments

Last month we launched a new feature at Segullah. It’s called Ask Nine Women and it is a reader-generated discussion post. You can read more it here.
Today’s question:
My first thoughts about the recent raid on the FLDS compound in Texas were, “It’s about time someone did something about that!” But then I read this from [...]

Ask nine women

13 March 2008 @ 08:25 | Ask Nine Women | 14 Comments

Some time ago I was gathered around a table with a group of my blogger friends for lunch. We were discussing a certain situation that had occurred involving one of us. I loved how naturally each woman made the events personal to herself, admitting how she would have felt in such circumstances and considering what [...]

Detail of painting "Letitia and Sophie" by Cassandra Barney, one of our Featured Artists of the Spring 2008 issue



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