Two weeks ago everything was coming up roses for me and my new book. Though the existence of a new virus for which the world was ill-prepared had shown its ugly face in Seattle, I was getting on an airplane headed for the far side of the country, excited about every author’s dream—a book tour. […]
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People who have read Helping Yourself Grow Old are already asking if I am working on a sequel. The answer is that I can’t even think about another book, because I am too busy trying to make this one fly. But the other day I posted on facebook, feeling a little bold and saying so, […]
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So much has happened in the short time since I finished Helping Yourself Grow Old. I read the page proofs in defiance of my knowledge that it is nearly impossible for a writer to accurately proof-read her own work. (Our brains tend to see what we meant to say, missing little things like transposed letters.) […]
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“The mayors of Bethlehem and Wadi Foquin are traveling to Washington, D.C. to tell Congress how illegal Israeli settlement expansion impacts the daily life of Palestinians in their communities. You can help make sure their voices are heard! Contact your members of Congress and ask them to attend the Tuesday, November 14 Hill Briefing “Israeli Settlements, Bethlehem […]
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On October 19 on the evening newscast, NBC reported these words out of North Korea: “Negotiation is only possible if America’s nuclear weapons are also on the table.” Days later the words are still ringing in my ears, in spite of perpetual static on every other topic imaginable. I have heard over and over […]
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Donald Trump’s belligerent words in the United Nations have made plain our desperate need for a Department of Peace. For months Trump and Kim Jong-un have been exchanging taunts like school-yard bullies over North Korea’s testing of nuclear weapons. And now the president in his first appearance before the United Nations, has told the […]
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If you are a peace lover or if you are concerned about the millions of people made homeless, even stateless by Middle East wars, this message could be important to you. I have made a major change in the status of my book. The opportunity came to me to distribute the ebook version of […]
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Fuller spent many years in the Middle East. She puts a face on the Middle East many Americans have not yet seen. Her award-winning memoir, ‘In Borrowed Houses’, gives readers a penetrating glimpse of the Middle East from the inside Author Frances Fuller [Wilmington, NC August 22, 2017] Recently King Abdullah of Jordan met […]
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(Preacher’s note: this sermon was written for the congregation of Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Burlington, NC, in response to events in Charlottesville, Virginia, last Saturday, August 12. I had another sermon written, when suddenly the news broke. I had friends, colleagues in Charlottesville, and the news was personal to me as well as completely […]
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“There will be no breakthrough in the peace process if there is no American commitment to support a solution to the Palestinian issue.” […]
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