It is this that Jesus Christ could see he could continue to see the beauty of our humanity, despite all that we may do to each other, and encouraged us to love each other just the same. During his time at Reading Gaol, he witnessed a rare hanging, and in the three years between his release and his untimely death in 1900, was inspired to write the following poem, a meditation on the death penalty and the importance of forgiveness, even for (and especially for) something as heinous as murdering one’s spouse for even the murderer, Wilde argues, is human and suffers more so for being the cause of his own pain, for ‘having killed the thing he loved’ for everyone is the cause of someone else’s suffering and suffers at the hands of another. In 1895, Oscar Wilde was sentenced to 2 years of hard labor for acts of ‘gross indecency’.
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Stir for about ten minutes, adding in the meat.Rinse the beans and put them along with the drained corn, tomatoes, V8, chilis/peppers into a pot over a medium heat. If you’re adding meat, cook the meat first and set aside.Ground beef/turkey/fake meat crumbles (optional) So, without further ado, let’s make some firehouse chili.ġ can of green chilis or peppers (pick the pepper for the heat level you enjoy) You can make it spicier with different peppers, change out the meat or use no meat for our vegetarian friends. The great thing about this recipe is you can switch out the ingredients to your liking. Though I’m sure Díaz would argue that if there was a way to mess it up, Ward would find it, lol. Today I’d like to share with you a recipe for firehouse chili that even Ward couldn’t screw up. Okay, I’m decent…Fine, I haven’t poisoned anyone yet. In The Firefighter’s Dilemma, Díaz comments on it more than once, and gives him crap about it because teasing is their love language. A running gag throughout the series is how bad Ward’s cooking is. Right away, I knew I had to make Ward a terrible cook. During my research for the Mile High Firefighter’s series, I learned cooking meals is a chore shared by everyone in the firehouse. Man, that Eartha Kitt had the presence to make a room, and staircases smoulder. I would pay good money to know what had Harry Belafonte and Martin Luther King laughing so hard. I think you know by the looks of those legs, that that is the one and only Tina Turner. They are some of the most beautiful images out there, and so of course, I had to share.Take a peek. The book is still in a work in progress, so Gainer decided to share her photo finds and now curates the Vintage Black Glamour Tumblr blog, the Facebook page and Pinterest account. VBG is the brainchild of writer Nichelle Gainer whose goal, according to a recent NPR profile, was to start a book project showcasing a collection of rarely seen historical photos of actors, educators, writers, students, musicians and more - all African-American. It shows you people, things, places in their most unadorned state, stripped bare if you will, so we can appreciate their simplicity.Ī few months ago, I stumbled across the Facebook page of Vintage Black Glamour and was instantly smitten with the beautiful, rarely seen images of famous black folks and some not so famous black folks. There's nothing sexier to me than a black and white photo. Through everything, Lolly has always been there for them, and now Isabel, June, Kat - and Meryl - must be there for her. In the bestselling tradition of The Friday Night Knitt. 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