Sons of...Sons With?
I laughed out loud. And there it was, my opportunity for shared humor--and shared humanity.
Unfolding
Easing the Journey Through Shadow & Light
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- Jun 8
- 4 min
All or Nothing? Listening for Our Common Grief
Can we honor our common grief, our common tendencies to slide into all-or-nothing in the aftermath of these terrible traumatic events?
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- Jun 1
- 3 min
Catwings
There is a lighter side to Le Guin, however, which she shared in her lovely four-book Catwing series for children.
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- Apr 20
- 4 min
The Thing with Feathers
After all these years I'm still amazed when those minuscule seeds grow into plants hundreds of times bigger than their infant selves.
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- Feb 16
- 1 min
Where You're Bravely Working: Grief & Hope
Two poems about loss & hope--one from a grand river, and one from a small creek in the wilderness.
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- Jan 26
- 5 min
Beloved Small Giant
He touched the lives of millions around the world, faithfully scattering seeds of peace, compassion, mindfulness, non-violence, humor & joy.
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- Nov 24, 2021
- 3 min
A Serving of Criticism? Or Kindness?
A few months ago I had a dream about my dad, who died in 2007. He was talking on the phone with two rather verbally abusive people...
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- Oct 13, 2021
- 4 min
Small Mercies: The Best Nurse Ever
Don't discount those small kindnesses you offer to others. Tiny things can matter as much as big.
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- Sep 1, 2021
- 3 min
To Love What Death Can Touch
A fearful thing to love, to hope, to dream, to be–to be, And oh, to lose. A thing for fools, this, And a holy thing, a holy thing to love.
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- Aug 11, 2021
- 4 min
Come to the edge...and...
No one could discern the roots of that terror. It was strangely elusive, perhaps from a time or place where there were no words.
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- Jun 23, 2021
- 2 min
Dis-armed
I didn't feel good there, but sometimes I felt a little less bad. A tiny shift, but it was a start.
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- May 12, 2021
- 5 min
Beating the Bully at His Own Game: A Waking Dream
I know what it's like to be bullied--there's fear, humiliation and frustration as someone bigger & stronger taunts & threatens you.
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- Apr 14, 2021
- 4 min
You Listen and You Tell and You Become
"If stories come to you, care for them....learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food."
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- Mar 31, 2021
- 4 min
How We've Stayed Married, Part 3: Accepting Otherness
Otherness is an odd--and cosmic--corollary to oneness. Otherness in a relationship can take many forms. There are big differences like...
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- Mar 24, 2021
- 5 min
A Storm-Cat, Two Heroes and a Village Full of Light
"Her purring rose like a hymn to home above the noise of the Great Storm-Cat. Such music had not reached his ears since the dawn of time."
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- Mar 17, 2021
- 3 min
We're Gonna Have Fun, I Know We Will: The Arbor Hill ABCs
A lighthearted song...I hope it brightens up your day, bringing back some good memories--your own or maybe your kids' or grandkids'.
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- Mar 10, 2021
- 4 min
A Strange Mirror
This strange mirror, this odd form of grace, though uncomfortable, has on occasion helped me see myself a lot more clearly.
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- Mar 3, 2021
- 5 min
A Few (More) Ideas from an Inveterate Journaler
My first discovery of the use of dialog in journaling was back in the mid-1980s, not long after I moved to Charlottesville.
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- Feb 17, 2021
- 3 min
Mindfulness and the Prodigal Yo-yo
I focus on my breath. I get distracted. Oops. Okay. And again. So many times that I feel like one of those toys on a string...
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- Jan 27, 2021
- 3 min
Being. Breathing. Being Breathed.
An absurd fantasy--I mentally roll my eyes when I read it. Yet when I decided to write about mindfulness this week that essay came to mind.
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