Elderhood, Youth, and Shoes
A friend of mine yesterday started a cell phone discussion thread about elderhood. He isn’t as old as I am, but old enough and experienced [...]
Forgetting
Forgetting... perhaps there's too much to remember, or perhaps there's a need or a wish to repress, forget. But also, perhaps, forgetting is daring to [...]
Election Eve, During a Pandemic, 2020
The Day Before Election, in a Pandemic, 2020 This is not political. This is about me. As I am [...]
Calm Amidst the Turbulence
As I have navigated the turbulent currents of this week’s corono-virus events, I was reminded of something I wrote in my journal [...]
Quotation: Is Change Coming?
"...In short, neither animal nor further human evolution is automatically progressive. Progress occurs when there is change toward a better condition, however that improvement is [...]
A Different Advent
Take a walk with Glenda Taylor at Earthsprings Retreat Center to experience the first hints of the advent of spring. https://youtu.be/AK9t-WYXKx4 To lean [...]
A Partial Timeline for Women’s Studies, by Dawn Warren
1850 BC Egyptian texts describe the first known reference to contraceptives. 1750 BC The Code of Hammurabi, the Babylonian law code, protects a woman's right [...]
Solstice
Coming up to the Winter Solstice this year, I am more than ever aware of the sacredness of this time between the extremes of light and [...]
Transformation: Quotations
“When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.” Joseph Campbell “If we can recognize [...]
Change: Quotations
“You have noticed that the truth comes into this world with two faces. One is sad with suffering, and the other laughs; but it is [...]
