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by Darcy Wiley | Jan 15, 2014 | Pocket Change, Sweet Tea

{Psst! Registration for (in)RL opens today!} It was like I was peeking through a slat in the fence, watching these would-be friends with boards and nails and hammers in the yard, their words building up a space for women to belong. I read their stories on the...

Just Two Eyes to See

by Darcy Wiley | Sep 28, 2012 | Fireflies, Fresh-Cut Flowers, Jam

I pivot the tiny screen on its hinges and almost slam it away in the ceiling of the minivan. “Don’t even ask,” I tell them, “we’re keeping our eyes on the real world today.” I’m lecturing by now, a woman with a diatribe, “There’s so much beauty around us….” A...