My name is Joan McMillan and this blog is, as Emily Dickinson says, "my letter to the world." I am currently working on a nonfiction book about the murder of a young woman, Asha Veil, born Joanna Dragunowicz, and her unborn daughter, Anina, on September 9, 2006. My book is meant to honor her life and illuminate the need to create a safer world for women and children.
To read an excerpt from the book, please click on the following link:
ashaveilbook.blogspot.com
An excerpt from The Pleasure Palace, my romantic comedy, can be found here:
Sunday, January 05, 2014
Give Good Gifts
One utopian society I am studying as research for my book is the Shakers. Although I think they sorta blew it with the celibacy stuff, I love the lifestyle of equality among all people that they tried to achieve. The society I am creating in my book is one in which music and dance are integral to the life of the community, as with the Shakers (only my fictional society is quite different) Here is an example of a less-known hymn Shaker hymn called "Give Good Gifts":
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