Near tears, the mother of four said she was grateful to have shelter, but … She had no electricity or running water. She had trouble caring for her children. She hadn’t had a shower in weeks. She pleaded for help.…
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Real Talk | Deep state or deep six
by Sherry Cannon • • 0 Comments
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall; Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the King’s horses and all the King’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again. As we go through another saga with the most corrupt administration in this…
Inland Art | Illinois Women Artists Project symposium
by Paul Krainak • • 0 Comments
On Nov. 7, the Illinois Women Artists Project will host its Fifth biennial symposium at Bradley University, “Champions of the Environment, 1960s to the Present.” The subject is environmental activism, and it’s an event that shouldn’t be missed if you…
Art: What is it Good For? | Ten miles in two blocks
by Doug and Eileen Leunig • • 0 Comments
How can you walk 10 miles in two blocks? Organize a festival. While our feet, joints, muscles and skin (wind chapped lips) hurt, our physical discomfort was secondary to our joy in seeing proof that the arts matter. The proof…
ArtsBeat | November 2019
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
Nov. 7 – 8: Bradley University Midwest Women Artists Symposium: Champions of the Environment. Free and open to the public. Nov. 7: 5 p.m., Karen McCoy, keynote “Art in the Age of Planetary Distress,” Caterpillar Global Communications Center. Nov. 8:…
Nature Rambles | Survival by degrees
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
Last month, I discussed a recent study published in Science Magazine concerning the real threat to migratory birds being posed by the increased use of neonicotinoid pesticides. Unfortunately, birders throughout Illinois are still experiencing a lack of birds. I just…
Bill Knight | Humans aren’t hopeless on climate change
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
Earth is at a “doom and bloom” point. While news almost daily reports dangers such as ozone threats to corn crops (University of Illinois reported last month), positives occur like the Pasta Straw (produced from bucatini by the U.K.’s Stroodles…
Serendipity | Sister’s birthday
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • 0 Comments
Sibling rivalry was not an issue for me when I was growing up. Not that I was so angelic that I skipped it, but there are 8.5 years between my older sister and me. When I started kindergarten, she was…
Reflections From A Hindu Perspective | Lighting the light within
by Dr. Mandar Pattekar • • 1 Comment
My family has had some ancestors who were highly spiritually evolved individuals. My paternal grandmother’s father was a householder yogi (yogi- one who seeks union of individual consciousness with the Universal consciousness) who held a day job as a government…
Views & Perspectives | Reflections about Sept. 11, 2001
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
As I sit here today on Sept. 11, 2019, I am reflecting on Sept. 11, 2001, a day that so many friends and neighbors and I remember vividly and will never forget. I was a very proud member of Congress…