Just last week I discovered a new dance class that’s really resonating with me. It’s called Afro Fusion and it’s taught by Marnita Billups, who arrived in Honolulu a little over a week ago and hit the ground dancing. Marnita brings an infectious energy and joy to the live online Zoom class, which is sponsored
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“When I am dancing, I feel as though I am on top of the world,” said Anthony Mmesoma Madu in an interview with a Newsweek reporter. You might be one of the 20 million-plus Instagram viewers who saw this charming 11-year-old dancing ballet in the rain in a sodden suburb of Lagos, Nigeria. His joy
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  There’s something within us that makes us want to dance. It’s an inherent need in many, many women. And far more than a few men. To dance is to give the body an opportunity to create its own poetry. This desire, this passion, this need, doesn’t disappear with age. Despite injuries, arthritis, increasing stiffness
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Jerry and I love our cats. We have had one or two or three cats throughout our entire life together. But when Scrimshaw (better known as Scrimmy) passed away two years ago at the age of 21, we decided we would not adopt another cat. We were traveling so much and it wasn’t always easy
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These are alarming and confusing times, and it can be challenging to imagine the end of this set of circumstances. And yet, people all over the world are learning new ways of living and employing innovative ways of thinking. As an added bonus, we are relating to one another in creative new ways. (I never
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