Chapter 6 When We Get There By Steven Walks On The Grass And just where have all of you been since August? I know, I’ve certainly been busy too. In fact, I haven’t talked to any of you in a long, long time. So let’s go ahead and have a short conversation while I gotContinue reading “Stand Back and Fan Me”
Author Archives: Edna Peirce Dixon
Maybelline
The Unbroken Circle By Edna Peirce Dixon December 1, 2023 The story of Maybelline begins in 1947. Howard and Annie Mae Dixon were just kids when they got married 4 years before. Already they had faced enough adversity to dishearten even the most seasoned souls. Howard was just 21 and he worked hard in aContinue reading “Maybelline”
Speaking Truth to Power
Prisoner Advocacy: Compassion, Love, Truth, Voice By Edna P. Dixon October 27, 2024 On Thursday morning, Oct. 26, 2023, I received a very disturbing phone call from Steven, one of the long-timers I’ve had the privilege to know and advocate for during the past 10 years. For the past year, Steven has been under theContinue reading “Speaking Truth to Power”
Victory, Tragedy, Life
Chapter 5 When We Get There By Steven Walks On The Grass August 19, 2023 Just so we’re on the same page, I want to tell you about some things that have gone on that I haven’t spoken on yet; I’ve been processing them within my own mind and emotions. You know I work asContinue reading “Victory, Tragedy, Life”
Dreamtime Song
Completing the Sacred Circle By Edna Peirce Dixon August 12, 2023 August 8, 2015 How shall I sing my song? I scarce know where to start. The hour is late and all I know, This song must come from my heart. Sings Many Songs was the name he gave, The one with the Heart ofContinue reading “Dreamtime Song”
Simple Facts
Chapter 4 When We Get There By Steven Walks On The Grass Several simple facts I need to put out here. I’m a recovering drug addict. I’ve had control of my addiction for more than 23 years. I will never allow myself to be the man I was while addicted and under the influence ofContinue reading “Simple Facts”
Get Your Head On Straight
By Edna Peirce Dixon Some 4 1/2 years have passed since that rainy Sunday morning in January when I stepped outside in my nightgown just to put some seeds in the bird feeder. Then came the sudden fall that left this just-turned-80-year-old alone and helpless with two broken arms. The immediate problem after help finallyContinue reading “Get Your Head On Straight”
Noble Souls
Chapter 3 When We Get There By Steven Walks On The Grass I tell you sometimes things come out of nowhere and turn into something big. Yesterday here in my town, Springfield, Illinois. We had a terrible thunderstorm with devastating straight-line winds of 80-plus miles-an-hour. Many homes, vehicles and landscapes were damaged, and for manyContinue reading “Noble Souls”
Creek Indians & Georgia History
A conversation with Dr. Joseph Kitchens June 25, 2011 By Edna Peirce Dixon Good Morning Joe, Many times as I was growing up in Warner Robins, GA, we visited Ocmulgee National Monument – a place where I learned some mysterious people out of the past had once lived. Other than that I never heard the firstContinue reading “Creek Indians & Georgia History”
Like Chasing Squirrels
Chapter 2 When We Get There By Steven Walks On The Grass Anyone who knows me or is familiar with my book, Long Road Home, will know that my logic can be rather convoluted. I’m like that Labrador pup that jumps up and down to say, “Throw the ball, throw the ball, I’ll go ChaseContinue reading “Like Chasing Squirrels”
Journeys of the Spirit 