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Perilous times: an inside look at abortion before- and after- Roe v. Wade

Perilous times: an inside look at abortion before- and after- Roe v. Wade

A gripping overview, in storyteller form, of abortion from its historic beginnings to the perilous times of today’s threatened reproductive rights.

2013

Fran Moreland Johns

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Nighttime in the Lonely City

Kindness and despair: A photo essay

Sep 20, 2022

Nighttime in the Lonely City

Sep 20, 2022

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10 Steps to a Guaranteed Good Day

Observations of an Octogenarian Optimist

Aug 30, 2022

10 Steps to a Guaranteed Good Day

Aug 30, 2022

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Wait! We’re so smart? How about the Greeks and Romans and their urbane compatriots?

The sky is falling! Breaking news! Our fragile democracy in peril!!

Jul 27, 2022

Wait! We’re so smart? How about the Greeks and Romans and their urbane compatriots?

Jul 27, 2022

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Dying in Pain — or Comfort?

This essay appears on the blog page of End of Life Choices CA, a nonprofit which I am proud to serve as a volunteer and board member…

Jul 17, 2022

Dying in Pain — or Comfort?

Jul 17, 2022

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Abortion Pre-Roe: A Survivor’s Story

Nearly 70 years ago I survived an amateur abortion. On a kitchen table in a drab house in a down-at-the-heels neighborhood of Atlanta…

Jul 5, 2022

Abortion Pre-Roe: A Survivor’s Story

Jul 5, 2022

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

It’s National Typewriter Day!

Finally, something I can celebrate

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It’s National Typewriter Day!

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Banned Books? Bah, Humbug

Sister Roma came for a reading of Jacob’s missing book

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Banned Books? Bah, Humbug

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Finding Calm Amidst the Chaos

Terror, distress, exuberance, strength, hope. How to deal with the relentless emotional turmoil of these days

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Finding Calm Amidst the Chaos

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A Visit from Tashi

Every book group needs a canine observer

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A Visit from Tashi

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Sunday Sermon

Courtesy of the San Francisco Tehama Street ICE check-in

Jun 16

Sunday Sermon

Jun 16

FranMorelandJohns

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Lifelong newspaper & magazine writer, author, blogger at franjohns.net, agitator for justice, kindness & interfaith understanding.

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