I'LL BE ABSENT FOR A FEW DAYS. BUT FIRST:
A reminder:
Fr. John Dear, Peace activist extraordinaire, will be at The Carter Center on Wednesday night, Nov.19th, and you may wish to arrive before 7:00 P.M., in order to obtain a seat! His newest book(he's authored, or edited over 25 books)is "A Persistent Peace", an autobiography. This Jesuit priest has been arrested numerous times for his acts of Civil Disobedience. He obeys his conscience, NOT mere laws. A true teacher for all of us!
check out my other blog,
Practice What You Peace, at:
www.practicewhatyoupeace.blogspot.com/
and also:
www.johndear.org

Next week, I'll be (finally!) posting a slew of photos here at Lisa Allender Writes, including some requested(silk-charmeuse wedding dress) by Lydia of the Blog, "Writerquake"; a chipmunk or two, for Selma of "Selma in the City" blog; and photos of The Atlanta Queer Lit Fest(from weeks ago!) and lastly, pics from the Prop 8 Protest at The Georgia State Capitol(last weekend).
Be sure to check out all the new links I've added to my "Poets, Bloggers, and Others" list, to the right of this column. I plan to add, once a week, at least two "new sites you MUST visit".
I'll be visiting with my family a bit, the next several days, and preparing(by resting!) for my (long overdue!) surgery, too! Surgery will be in early December.
Hope you all have a great week! I'll be back at this computer, on Monday.
Peace, kids.

HEAD OVER TO MY OTHER BLOG, and see what's up, today.
I'll be posting here at Lisa Allender Writes, later today!
http://practicewhatyoupeace.blogspot.com/

I'VE GOT ANOTHER BLOG UP, TOO!
It is called Practice What You Peace and can be accessed using the following address:
http://practicewhatyoupeace.blogspot.com/
The idea of a Blog which will primarily address peace issues, and how to, on a daily basis, infuse more Peace into our daily lives, has been brewing in me, for months. Just last night, I impulsively decided to set it up. If "Practice What You Peace" receives a good response, I plan to set up an entire website, with the same name.
So here's what YOU can do, to help me be successful with this, FOR you:
TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW, AND PUT THIS LINK IN YOUR E-MAILS, PLEASE!
I'll be accepting suggestions on:
* Topics of Peace to cover, including, but not limited to:
* Places in nature where you have found Peace
* Houses of worship where you feel love, Peace, and inclusion
* Places in the world where you feel Peace, or a Peace movement has grown/is growing
* Ways to "mentor/womentor" Peace in others' lives, in the workplace, the arts, in daily life(on the train, bus, in traffic while in your car, etc.)
* Specific practices from your own lives, where you contribute to more Peace, in this world!
Thanks, and as I say here at Lisa Allender Writes,
Peace, kids!