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February 17, 2014
It Exploded (and other adventures in the saga of Jane Manning James)
A few years before her death, Black pioneer Jane Manning James dictated her life story...
February 05, 2014
If you’re in Utah, you’re invited! February 12!
Announcing my guest speaker, Darius Aidan Gray A brief timeline of his life: Timeline: 1964:...
February 04, 2014
Daughter of Jairus
I have a fertile imagination. That is, perhaps, an understatement. I wonder if each of...
January 2014
January 27, 2014
Virtual quiz–answers
Correct answers are bolded. 1: In the Gnostic poem “Hymn of the Pearl,” a young...
January 25, 2014
A Quiz for my Virtual Students
Quiz on King Follett and Pre-existence literature NAME:______________________________ 1: In the Gnostic poem “Hymn of...
January 16, 2014
I Speak to Dead People
Part III of Caves, Cloisters and Temples Part I is here. Part II is here....
January 15, 2014
A Gift for my Readers
I recorded this story, one I made up and told to my son on a...
January 13, 2014
Tamu Thomas-Smith: Speaker for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
She was raised by her grandmother, Susie Mae Young Thomas, who was a civil rights...
January 10, 2014
Blind Man Given Sight
In 1979, I was living with my first husband in Royal Oak, Michigan. I was...
January 09, 2014
Pre-existence
In LDS literature, we are talking about the Mormon concept of the pre-existence, and then...
January 06, 2014
I Am Jane–music script
This is my invitation to everyone in Utah Valley to help us produce I am...
January 02, 2014
Mormon Lit Syllabus
Requirements •Regular quizzes on the readings (If you are absent the day a quiz is...
December 2013
December 30, 2013
Literature of the Latter-day Saints
For those who would like to join the Mormon Lit class (you will get spiritual...
December 28, 2013
Messiah in Patsun, Guatemala
My father, a linguist, specialized in Mayan dialects. That meant that while growing up in...
December 20, 2013
Longfellow and Lisa: Contemplations on “I Heard the Bells”
This is by my sister, Lisa Blair Sabey, contemplating that horrifying day at Arapahoe High...
December 19, 2013
Before Jane James–another African American Mormon Found
I read historians' work, and sometimes I go through microfilm to find answers to my...
December 16, 2013
Jane Elizabeth Manning James
We draped a sheet across a metal trellis and called it a covered wagon. We...
December 12, 2013
The Story I told Him, Part 4
He watched the sun sink. The sky was growing dark. He hiked higher, higher, higher....
December 08, 2013
Dayenu! (It would have been enough!)
(During some Passover celebrations, Jews drop bits of wine on a napkin, citing each plague...
December 07, 2013
Darius Gray: Atlas with the Flu
Elsie Gray was close to miscarrying her baby, and had already had several miscarriages. She...
December 05, 2013
The Story I told Him (part 3)
David of Nebula Part 3 of 4 Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here....
December 03, 2013
My brother–in an Otavalo cemetery
This beautiful essay is by my brother, Dell Blair. Dell and I love Central and...
December 03, 2013
The Story I Told Him, Part 2
David of Nebula Part 1 (of four parts) is here. An audio CD of the...
December 01, 2013
The Story I Told Him
Several years ago, I was sitting on a cabin porch with my son. We watched...
November 2013
November 29, 2013
Mormon Women Bear
I will be making calendars of various bear Mormon women I am doing this as...
November 21, 2013
How Could We Have Forgotten Our Mother?
Mom reading The God Who Weeps to Dad I talk a lot about my dad...
November 18, 2013
Looking Back Down the Years
One assignment I give my students is to write a letter. My objective is for...
November 14, 2013
A beautiful blog post
This is by my friend Kerri Lynn Harris Bigler. I resonate with her insights on...
November 12, 2013
CAVES, CLOISTERS, AND TEMPLES (Part 2)
(Part I of this series is here.) Cloisters When my friend Robinlee and I visited...
November 01, 2013
Making Room for Difficult Mormons and their Friends
I began my Halloween by reading the much talked about article in Meridian Magazine--a terribly...
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