Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
With thanks for the many blessings of having mother, grandmother, great-grandmother Gladys Morais nee Vaz, and sister, aunt, great-aunt and cheer-leader for all who need a helping hand, Elaine Morais –in our lives. For your generosity of heart and soul,…
This post is dedicated, with thanks, to Pat Gozemba who introduced me to Joe Bageant—one of her heroes. It’s a tiny tavern at the corner of Kent and Fairfax in historic Winchester, Virginia. Despite its name, there is nothing royal…
Love as joy can keep us living fully, right up to our fingertips, till the end of our days. Or, perversely, love, clouded by fear of loss, can make us shut down our capacity for life too soon as we…
Let sense be numb, let flesh retire; Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still, small voice of calm! On this day, I celebrate my beloved husband’s Quaker roots: the sitting and waiting for the “still, small voice of…
How could I not have read Banker to the Poor earlier? But I’m glad I just did—thanks to my daughter’s prompting—almost 12 years after this autobiography of the visionary micro-credit pioneer, Dr. Muhammad Yunus was first published. Banker to the…
Bill Maher makes me laugh. And cry. His radical simplification of complex issues is both laugh-out-loud funny — and gross. He pierces through the gullibility of people who let themselves be instruments of the self-interest of the rich and powerful…
People often ask me about my fixation with poetry the same way they ask why I remain Catholic. Even as they shrink from both, there is an appreciation of the mysteries and the challenge both represent. Not my cup of…
