Traveling Pants, whatever. The Purple Mesh Pinnies could trash ‘em. The Sisterhood of the Purple Mesh Pinnies By Dana Haight Cattani The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea. —Isak Dinesen I like to get to the church gym a little early on Tuesday mornings to warm up, do some lay-ups, [...]
In which Darlene Young, Poetry Editor of Segullah, reveals the value of a poem about a boob job.
Irreantum is at the printer, and I am relieved. Glad, too, and proud of what the staff and writers have accomplished, but I am enjoying having a little window of time open up in my day again, time that I can dedicate to the myriad other responsibilities (and joys) of my life. I must admit, [...]
I believe in repentance But it’s probably not what you’re thinking. I actually dislike the word repentance. When I hear it, I think of those priesthood sessions of General Conference when I sat between my dad and my brother in the darkened chapel, knowing that I was full of adolescent sin. From an outside point [...]
(Q) What do Trent Reznor, Sarah Hughes, and Vince Neil have in common? (A) A cameo in this just-right-for-Monday essay. (Enjoy. And do tell us all about YOUR memorable mission comps–it’s been a LONG Monday.) Downtown Sister Brown and the Department of Defense By Courtney Kendrick The phone rang awfully early for a summer [...]
At least once a week, some young whippersnapper (or a cranky elder statesman) prophesies the doom of all the ancient and venerable independent Mormon publications. I think they are wrong, and I will show you why.
The most recent (and highly fascinating) issue of Newsweek magazine details the behind-the-scenes drama and intrigue in both the Obama and McCain campaigns. Not only does this issue supply many hours of compelling reading for aficionados of politics, but in its pages our very own President-elect provides an excellent notion for me (and you) to [...]
It’s come to all of us. That feeling that if people really knew what we were thinking, they’d throw eggs at us. Is it worth it to speak up in a church classroom? Mythbuster By Jeanne Turner It wasn’t the silence of a pin drop; and it certainly wasn’t the gentle silence of one good [...]
The deadline for Segullah’s poetry contest and the Heather Campbell Personal Essay contest is coming up–December 31, 2008. Really, there’s no big secret: it’s a writing contest, women send us their essays and poetry, we choose winners, we publish them. Straightforward. But here are a few things I didn’t realize before I entered it two [...]
With the voting over and the dust settling, Sunstone is gathering the personal experiences of Mormons who worked on all points of the Proposition 8 spectrum. The purpose of the collection is to help Saints with different stances on Prop 8 to understand one another as human beings. We’re looking particularly for short personal essays: [...]
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