Darla Graves Palmer

The Caves Beneath My Roots or Psychological Spelunking by Darla Graves Palmer

By Guest Contributor on November 30, 2019 • ( 9 )

I’ve spent much of the past four years – since returning to the state of my birth after more than forty years’ intentional absence – trying to understand and make peace with a particular slice of southern culture that I… Read More ›

How Can Change Happen If We Can’t Imagine It First? by Darla Graves Palmer

By Guest Contributor on June 10, 2019 • ( 13 )

More than one hundred years ago, a small group of women joined together and decided to create their own village, one rooted in relationship and guided by spirit. They weren’t the first such women-led town in the country – there… Read More ›

Ignoring Isn’t The Same As Ignorance by Darla Graves Palmer

By Guest Contributor on July 12, 2016 • ( 28 )

My book club recently read The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, a futuristic novel wherein women’s reproductive rights, as well as the women themselves, are controlled entirely by those in power. I’ve wanted to read it for a long time… Read More ›