stance on silence
Tonight I had the pleasure of attending a meeting of Burlington Business and Professional Women at which Janice Santiago was awarded Woman of Achievement for 2012. This award ‘recognizes leadership and...
View Articlebeneath my words
WHAT HIDES BENEATH MY WORDS?* thanks to “Hidden,” by Naomi Shihab Nye feelings, thoughts, hope more visible each passing day working into light, the page, awareness of their presence and mine...
View Articlethe new in the shell of the old
I love the concept of the new growing in the shell of the old. It’s the language of transformation. And the age-old reality of life. Which is what I’ve been focused on very intently for the past many...
View Articlespin – part 2
When I posted ‘spin – part 1 ,’ I had a long series in mind. In the days (weeks now) since, I have instead experienced a painful staunching of the throat. So filled with outrage at the sticky threads...
View Articlecoming back
Like many of you, I have been cocooning from public life for many months. It has been hard to figure out what to say. The cross-currents in my head and heart have managed to keep my fingers from the...
View Articleat the crossroads
For the past six weeks, I participated in an on-line course with Mary Pierce Brosmer about making meaning of our post-election world. Accordingly, I suspended my plan for a multi-part ‘divided we fall’...
View Articleportrait of a morning
Although today is sunny, bright and breezy – even coolish with essentially no humidity – I am sharing a poem written yesterday during the Poetry Marathon. As you’ll see from the certificate, I signed...
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