Sara Miles

Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries

Our discussion on the implications of Halifax, Nova Scotia’s recent decision to stop providing free bus passes to blind people has lead to international conversation. Below are some of the responses we’ve received from the Halifax community and the global community. Respected and gifted people, with and without visual impairment, with and without disability, with and without agenda, have come together to express themselves on this highly complex issue. Scroll down to read opinions from Lee Stringer, Sara Miles, Jeff Moyer, Jackson Hunsicker, an editor from the BBC, and more…

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Filed under: Themes, Bum Deal, Irked Videos, Campaign Watch

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Filed under: Regular Contributors, David Roche, Themes, Bum Deal, Books & Book Reviews 

Take This Bread

by Sara Miles

Reviewed by David Roche

David Roche on Take This Bread:

—Sara Miles is a storyteller, and her story, written in a tight, wonderfully readable style that she honed in her reporting years, is about food . . . Yes, this book is good enough to eat.

—She nails a core aspect of New Age spirituality when she describes it as “spongy”.

—Her prayers are not words but actions.

—She is not saintly. She can be testy, edgy, judgmental, with a touch of arrogance. But that’s the way prophets are supposed to be. Miles’ conversion is a flawed floundering.

—Her descriptions of the food pantry scene and its human communion are vivid, at times heartbreaking, but always respectful. 

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