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Activists Weren’t Born that Way

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 24, 2018. Posted in General, GRIEF, Racism to Reconciliation. 4 Comments on Activists Weren’t Born that Way

When I wear my Black Lives Matter t-shirt, I’m self-conscious at first then I forget about it until a middle-aged white man keeps staring or a woman my age stares and looks away and stares back to make sure she’s seen what she thinks she’s seen. And then I feel a bottomless well of pride for the activists who speak up and...

Beware the Crazy Toilet

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 14, 2018. Posted in General. 9 Comments on Beware the Crazy Toilet

I wasn’t asking for much. I only needed to pee. But the toilet had a mind of its own. It kept flushing. An automatic flusher. Annoying, show-offy, overachieving toilet. Making that whooshing noise then shooting water into the bowl like a Yellowstone geyser on steroids. I jumped up. If you think I’m gonna sit there and let a mad...

Bead by Bead: The Ancient Way of Praying Made New

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 13, 2018. Posted in General, GOD, Writing. 4 Comments on Bead by Bead: The Ancient Way of Praying Made New

My definition of the Holy Spirit at work is when you think you’re doing a very important x, but, unbeknownst to you, the true point of your activity is y. You trundle along, doing your x, and all the while, God is doing y. Suddenly, a beautiful thing blooms into being, something you had no idea was in the works, and all you can do is stand...

Latest Edition of Weird

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 7, 2018. Posted in General. 4 Comments on Latest Edition of Weird

It takes a lot to break through my dedication to finishing an ongoing project and write a blog post these days, but the last 24 hours have succeeded. Or, as I like to think of it, The Latest Edition of Weird in My Life: Today when reading the front page of the local newspaper, I learned how mules chew (sideways, if you feel I’m...

The Pope’s Cat

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on February 25, 2018. Posted in General, Writing. 6 Comments on The Pope’s Cat

When I read a book to my grandsons, I read from the beginning. Specifically, we pause and read the page containing the author’s name and illustrator’s name (I’m sure there’s a fancy word for this page, but I don’t know what it is.) I start here because I want the boys to understand that who wrote the book is important and who illustrated it...

Mardi Gras Day

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on February 13, 2018. Posted in General, LOVE. 5 Comments on Mardi Gras Day

It isn’t what you’ve seen on YouTube. It’s not drunkenness and lifting tops. It’s exuberance and cleverness and so much work spent on costumes simply because being alive is an amazing wild ride. I wore a diorama of myself. That’s my book, THE BONE TRENCH, in the diorama. It may never get sold, so I made one...

Hedgehog, Spirit Animal

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on February 11, 2018. Posted in General, LOVE. 7 Comments on Hedgehog, Spirit Animal

My spirit animal for 2018 is the hedgehog. This is not new. I own the cutest collection of hedgehogs ever, which isn’t hard because hedgehogs are fundamentally cute. My focus on hedgehogs is, let’s say, resurrected. And this love will be incorporated into my Mardi Gras costume. My hedgehog nailbrush and dental floss dispenser...

“Mahdi Graw”

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on February 9, 2018. Posted in General, LOVE. 3 Comments on “Mahdi Graw”

Can y’all hardly wait to see my Mardi Gras Day costume? Mardi Gras DAY because it’s already Mardi Gras season, and I’ve been in costume for a while. For Tuesday, I’m making a tableaux. And I’m wearing it. You’re gonna LOVE it, I just know. For the tableaux, I’m using one of the throws I got last...

New Year’s Eve Wishes

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on December 31, 2017. Posted in General, LOVE. 16 Comments on New Year’s Eve Wishes

Happy New Year to those with stars in their eyes on how grand life has become. And to those struggling with the dismay of dreams lost. And to those standing in the middle, unable to discern whether they feel happy or sad with the way life is going. Our lives are our stories, writ large. May each of us have the best tomorrow we can. And the...

It’s the Damn Christmas Season, So Be Nice

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on December 11, 2017. Posted in General. 5 Comments on It’s the Damn Christmas Season, So Be Nice

So I was in a hurry today and I needed to get my life insurance premium paid and I ran into the Farm Bureau office and I flashed a smile at the clerk behind the desk and shoved the check into her hands and whirled to the door, and she said to me, “It’s nice to see you again,” at which point I was already halfway through the...