Michele Cushatt - Writer and Speaker

Faces and Hands

Posted on 06. Aug, 2009 by Michele.

I’m a face touch-er. When I say something important or intimate or heart-felt to someone I care about, I sometimes put hand on cheek and look eye to eye.  It’s my way of saying, “This is important” or “I wish you could see what I see” or “I believe in you.”
Sometimes when I’m holding a [...]

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3.11.09

Posted on 07. Mar, 2009 by Michele.

Global Food Crisis Day is Wednesday. 3.11.09. If this is news to you, PLEASE STOP READING, and go HERE. I’d rather you spend your minutes watching the video than hanging out on this post.

“One child dies approximately every 7 seconds from hunger-related causes.”
I don’t know what bothers me more: the fact that this is [...]

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This, That and the Other

Posted on 13. Feb, 2009 by Michele.

Yesterday was one of those days. 
It all started when I got one of those letters, telling me this, which made me want to do this, and maybe even that. If you’re a writer, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Truth is, all I really needed at that moment was this. Instead, I felt this. [...]

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Coffee Contemplation

Posted on 06. Jun, 2008 by Michele.

The warm atmosphere of the Bear Rock Cafe was the perfect backdrop for this morning’s introspection. I sat in a near empty room, sipping extra-hot butter pecan brew (delicious!) and watching a light rain fall. As I worked through week 2, day 3 of Kay Arthur’s Lord, Teach Me To Pray In 28 Days study, [...]

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