Swamp Wisdom 2021 One year ago, I paused my trail walk to sit at the edge of this swamp and reflect. It reminded me of a primordial pool from which life has been emerging for millions of years and will …
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“Everything is forgotten in the end. The shouting dies down, the waves subside, the streets empty, and all is silent once more.” Harry Mulisch in The Assault It’s Reading Week, the so-called break before the home stretch but necessary for …
Insufficient Disk Space. The red flag warning slid over from the left top of my screen just as I was beginning an assignment due the next day. “Not now! I don’t have time! How could this be happening when I …
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At this time of year, Winter Solstice for those of us in the northern hemisphere, I’m awed by a sense of beauty, interconnectedness to nature, and constancy. We’ve embraced a time of hibernation as darkness has increased during the past …
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This month I met three old friends at university whom I haven’t seen since childhood. You’ve probably heard of them: Snow White, Cinderella, and Mother Holle. They were part of a larger cultural group but these three in particular revived …
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How do you make a difference in a world facing so many existential threats? Pick your favorite nightmare from global pandemic, climate crisis, nuclear risks, rising fascism, or add your own. There are no shortages. Yet before I send you …
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One of the lifestyle changes I’ve had to make since returning to school is a dramatic scaling back on the amount of time I can spend walking in nature. Over the past year I’ve been lucky to spend three to …
It’s been a few years since I looked forward to my first day of school. I’d dressed up in one of two new dresses Mom had sewn for me using the same pattern, but different fabric and trim. Somehow, she’d …
We sweat over the smallest details, yet we know from experience that when the time is right, the answer appears. Why does learning to read the signs seem to be a hard lesson? How many times do we have to …
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I had no reason to suspect that spring day, which started out as so many others, would open the door to a new direction—one where I’d begin weaving a new tapestry. It had been just two weeks earlier when I’d …