Roots and Wings
I've been reading Roots, and as always, the book is better than the movie. But I knew that already. My dad told me the book was better, and my dad was always right. :)Years ago, I watched the mini-series on television with him. I wasn't very old, according to IMDB, it was released in 1977, so I would have been 8. That seems awfully young to remember it so vividly, but I also remember I was young enough to still be a lap-sitter. Given that, 8-years-old sounds about right.
Imagine my youthful mind trying to understand the inhumanity of slavery.
I've always been a bit of a good guy/bad guy thinker, who had trouble swallowing the logic of the Trix commercial.
Do you remember that commercial? The rabbit wanted a bowl of cereal, but the kids refuse to share. He was a talking rabbit too. But these fatherless children of she-dog mothers always said, "Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids."
Poor rabbit, Trix are for a$$holes, evidently.
So, imagine my brain trying to grasp the idea of "owning" another human being.
I told my dad the slave holders had to be monsters.
My dad said, "No. They were humans like anyone else."
That revelation has stuck with me for a lifetime.
People are just people. Bad people do good things and good people do bad things.
All it takes to commit evil is a believable justification.
And we are all susceptible to it. As soon as you think you are above it, you are at risk of trading principles for expediency.
Speaking of roots...
My husband and I raised our kids with the philosophy of roots and wings. You know, give them the strong roots of a stable home and encourage them to try their wings in the world.My kids appear to be listening. Caleb called yesterday to tell me he's going to spend some time in Japan with friends before his spring classes start in Beijing. And Cole took his GRE over the weekend, so he can start applying to graduate schools across the country.
I'm going to have to start saving money for air travel!
Maybe I should have encouraged them to stay close to home...
Need a few more good things?
Coming Soon!!
Melissa Maygrove has been working her booty
off to make this anthology happen. This is the teaser she made for my story, Shifting Sands- a prequel to my Coulter Men Series of books.
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And don't miss this! Dancing Lemur has all of their audio books buy one get one free.
Since I won’t post again until November 1, I’m sharing some good Halloween reads from my publisher.
Some are spooky, some are creepy, and some just full of tension:
Bloodwalker by L.X. Cain
Matowak: Woman Who Cries – Joylene Nowell Butler
Maski: Broken but not Dead– Joylene Nowell Butler
Parallels: Felix Was Here – IWSG Anthology
Hero Lost: Mysteries of Death and Life – IWSG Anthology
That's my small things check-in. Thanks to our hosts Lexa, L .G, and Tonja Drecker for this weekly reminder to look for the good things in life! What good things are new with you?
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