tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:14:32 +0000life.resurrecting.arthttp://www.darnishia.com/noreply@blogger.com (Darni)Blogger219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-4631877305603800651Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:10:00 +00002010-01-07T12:12:36.692-05:00I don't usually make them but I made several affirmations before the clock struck midnight for the new year.One thing I excluded and have neglected . . . this site. So I resolve to revamp it. Soon!http://www.darnishia.com/2010/01/resolution.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-6378644655018507632Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +00002009-11-02T12:05:00.938-05:00"When a man cannot see a woman, then what is he going to harass her for? Nothing," said Abu Donya, a taxi driver, whose views are shared by many Egyptians. "So imagine if all women wear niqab, things would be better," he said.Show it or clothe it, men will still wonder about what lay behind the habits of women.http://www.darnishia.com/2009/11/show-it-or-clothe-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-9035867190296310579Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:53:00 +00002009-11-01T09:54:44.623-05:00Small Pleasures: Mya's Storynovel. . . Mya's story http://www.darnishia.com/2009/11/take-look-inside.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-1484311483529108703Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:43:00 +00002009-11-01T09:59:09.346-05:00excerptBefore anyone could predict her actions, the mistress rushed into the kitchen area of the one room shanty, retrieved a magnificent knife from one of three drawers and returned to my mother’s bedside. Withholding mercy, she plunged the knife into my mother’s rapidly beating heart. Deep, deep down to the handle, exerting a grunt and anguished cry with the effort.The woman helping to bring me into http://www.darnishia.com/2009/11/what-in-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-6584756929610946258Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:06:00 +00002009-10-31T07:21:45.155-05:00Psalm 120inspirationencouragementDedicated to YOU who spread lies for malicious intent and aggravation. To YOU who've nothing positive to bestow upon the world. The fingers you have pointed, now point back at YOU.Psalm 120 1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou http://www.darnishia.com/2009/10/blog-post_31.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-9084311280148833141Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:34:00 +00002009-10-24T09:37:26.454-05:00"All this over a chick!"He said it as if a woman's life is less than things => cars, money or land. Entire nations rise up against other nations for a little piece of property but a chick ??? Ain't worth it.http://www.darnishia.com/2009/10/flash-fiction-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-5062423459717353999Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:31:00 +00002009-10-16T13:09:05.301-05:00supernaturalfictionfantasyspirituality“Then what are you, if you are not like him? Do you drink too?”He smiled but it was not a true smile, it was a mask to hide something he did not want her to see.“Y-you are like him,” she gasped. “You are a monster.”He smiled again, revealing a veil of a face that frightened her.“No different than you. No different than nature intended or anything else of this world. Would you call a lion a http://www.darnishia.com/2009/10/excerpt-from-work-in-progress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-3451729075561813130Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:15:00 +00002009-09-08T21:23:25.904-05:00MusicJada Pinkett SmithrockWicked Wisdomhttp://www.darnishia.com/2009/09/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-6324339388384625224Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:59:00 +00002009-08-29T11:57:06.444-05:00"realistic fiction"story""real life"" "inspiration"There was rain in my sunshine when I woke that morning. I thanked the Heavens and called it “thrilling” while thinking of childhood and the joy that comes along when dancing underneath raindrops and playing in puddles of mud. But someone came along and tossed me a lemon. He thought my skin was thin . . . or maybe he was not thinking. I am sure he is the thought less kind. Yet I believe he http://www.darnishia.com/2009/08/lemonade.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-6108214862533410944Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:32:00 +00002009-08-24T14:36:02.576-05:00Lulu.com author page has been updated:Darnishia's author webpage.http://www.darnishia.com/2009/08/lulu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-6090995766079698618Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:42:00 +00002009-08-24T08:08:01.091-05:00excerptnovel"Small Pleasures: Mya's Story"At the age of twelve, preacher eyes open wide at the sight of you. Sometimes ten. Fifty-cent pieces are pressed into palms as a tithe. The gum is wrapped in paper sunshine!They never say "Don't tell" because the preacher men choose the pretty girls belonging to tired mothers: "Lawd, I'm so tired. Girl go outside and play."Memorial Drive, MLK and Metropolitan are terrible roads to cross. No http://www.darnishia.com/2009/08/kisses-for-fifty-cent-pieces.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-6617863634560242908Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:35:00 +00002009-08-20T21:14:47.999-05:00writingWith three ideas for books vying for attention inside my mind, it is time I returned to WRITING! I am unsure as to the reason for this inspiration or what pulled me back to the passionate embraces of novellas and short stories but since putting away the camera, at least for a time -- for photographs tell stories just as well as words, I feel compelled to compose a novella before the year ends or http://www.darnishia.com/2009/08/back-to-writing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-4019521569923847764Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:42:00 +00002009-06-26T17:49:08.331-05:00"June 25tributeMichael Jackson2009"Farraw Fawcettdon't wanna let you go . . . never can say goodbye Originally uploaded by ~Darninever can say goodbye~ My tribute to Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett.http://www.darnishia.com/2009/06/don-wanna-let-you-go-never-can-say.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-5012423354955661937Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:53:00 +00002009-06-19T21:54:51.841-05:00i've been in search of myself Originally uploaded by ~Darnihttp://www.darnishia.com/2009/06/i-been-in-search-of-myself.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-2940386692985508645Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:25:00 +00002009-06-13T12:29:50.506-05:00the rose we remember . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the thorns we forget Originally uploaded by ~DarniInspired by. . . Sade's Never as Good as the First Timehttp://www.darnishia.com/2009/06/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-5969818887356471296Tue, 26 May 2009 19:51:00 +00002009-05-26T14:51:06.645-05:00Adjustment Originally uploaded by ~Darnihttp://www.darnishia.com/2009/05/adjustment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-3516005574623880577Sat, 23 May 2009 15:04:00 +00002009-05-23T10:04:34.827-05:00you are the only One Originally uploaded by ~Darnihttp://www.darnishia.com/2009/05/you-are-only-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-2668705898952632468Wed, 20 May 2009 20:26:00 +00002009-05-20T15:26:59.759-05:00can bear . . . Originally uploaded by ~Darnihttp://www.darnishia.com/2009/05/can-bear.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-3399593829535668466Wed, 20 May 2009 20:26:00 +00002009-05-20T15:26:04.064-05:00hide & seek Originally uploaded by ~Darnihttp://www.darnishia.com/2009/05/hide-seek.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-1650221402283324115Thu, 14 May 2009 15:07:00 +00002009-05-14T10:07:38.506-05:00 Originally uploaded by ~Darnihttp://www.darnishia.com/2009/05/originally-uploaded-by-darni.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-5391387055227510658Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:55:00 +00002009-05-14T10:09:11.430-05:00I like it short Originally uploaded by ~Darnihttp://www.darnishia.com/2009/04/i-like-it-short.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-8393429784603859850Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:22:00 +00002009-04-24T13:22:11.501-05:00. . . to tickle your fancy Originally uploaded by ~Darnihttp://www.darnishia.com/2009/04/to-tickle-your-fancy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-5931809281528602215Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:10:00 +00002009-04-18T11:10:13.808-05:00all is well . . . Originally uploaded by ~Darnihttp://www.darnishia.com/2009/04/all-is-well.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-2030703117228844489Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:29:00 +00002009-05-14T10:09:57.411-05:00Lovely inspiration Originally uploaded by ~Darnihttp://www.darnishia.com/2009/04/lovely-inspiration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14066361.post-6863894553212436816Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:06:00 +00002009-04-15T13:06:00.741-05:00Droplet on a rose petal Originally uploaded by ~Darnihttp://www.darnishia.com/2009/04/droplet-on-rose-petal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darni)0