Giving Thanks for Being Here
I’ll be honest. I’ve been worn down by the past two years of pandemic and a multitude of losses and stresses, personal and shared. I’ve lost hope and had to […]
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Content Tagged ‘community’
Bridging New Distances and Distractions
Overnight, my commute changed. On one river bank, the route 21 bus pulled over and we debarked and boarded a large van that shuttled us across the bridge in smaller […]
+ Read MoreThe Other Side of Resistance
Have you found yourself resisting recently? In other words, fighting against, or refusing to accept any number of the unacceptable conditions of our times? Let’s face it. There are countless […]
+ Read MoreTapping Transformation
Forty to one. That’s the ratio of sap to maple syrup in the long, slow process of creating the amber sweetness my family used to boil and bottle every spring. […]
+ Read MoreEntering through the Silo
It is not a far drive from the Cities, but the stars at night will tell you it is far enough — to gain a new view, to see distant […]
+ Read MoreDemocracy Is a Crowded Thing
This week, attending a town hall meeting with my congressional representative, I was lucky to get a chair. Others stood, filling the banquet hall of a country restaurant despite the […]
+ Read MoreRemembering Who We Are
Any national election has the potential to redefine how a country understands its identity. So it’s no surprise that the recent presidential election in the U.S. has reverberated so deeply […]
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