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Melanie Kahl
http://www.melaniekahl.com
Reading his story is difficult but necessary. We need to learn things about our criminal justice system, about the legacy of racial bias in America and the way it can blind us to just and fair treatment of people.
“As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood.”
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“Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It's a good life, enjoy it.”
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“I try hard not to judge anyone, and I try to bless everyone who is a part of my life, particularly anyone with whom I am having any problems”
― It's Not Easy Being Green and Other Things to Consider
― It's Not Easy Being Green and Other Things to Consider
“A community is the mental and spiritual condition of knowing that the place is shared, and that the people who share the place define and limit the possibilities of each other's lives. It is the knowledge that people have of each other, their concern for each other, their trust in each other, the freedom with which they come and go among themselves.”
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“In my own worst seasons I've come back from the colorless world of despair by forcing myself to look hard, for a long time, at a single glorious thing: a flame of red geranium outside my bedroom window. And then another: my daughter in a yellow dress. And another: the perfect outline of a full, dark sphere behind the crescent moon. Until I learned to be in love with my life again. Like a stroke victim retraining new parts of the brain to grasp lost skills, I have taught myself joy, over and over again(15).”
― High Tide in Tucson : Essays from Now or Never
― High Tide in Tucson : Essays from Now or Never
Melanie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Melanie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,076 books
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42 friends
4,479 books
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64 friends
53 books
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88 friends
3,357 books
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19 friends
3,936 books
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60 friends
1,164 books
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102 friends
49 books
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60 friends
1,396 books
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209 friends
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