re::standing rock and our post election nation

Lots of info about the issues surrounding the courage at Standing Rock, via everyday feminism.

An insightful podcast about our post election nation, via On Being.

re:america

Here's a blog post from our eldest, a high school teacher, giving me pause to appreciate our nation in the midst of this challenging election season. Classic example of kid teaching parent. Thanks, Stew. xo

re:transformative love

This video is an antidote to the political quagmire we find ourselves in. It's a dose of compassion, love and hope that I have been desperately (no exaggeration) in need of. "Nothing is impossible".

re:vermont childhood

A story about the neighborhood near our local hospital and what it's like to be a kid there. Via Rumble Strip Vermont.

re:sanctuary

Seeking Sanctuary in Our Own Sacred Spaces, by Parker J. Palmer, via On Being
(with a video of Carrie Newcomer's new Sanctuary, including footage of an amazing murmuration).

re:fear vs love

Heartsong Church Welcomes Muslim Neighbors, via Upworthy on YouTube

re:another poem

Three Gratitudes, a poem by Carrie Newcomer, via On Being.

two poems

To the Light of September, by W. S. Merton via The Poetry Foundation.

This Shining Moment in the Now, by Vermont poet David Budbill via The Writer's Almanac

re:a poem for today

Poet Naomi Shihab Nye, contributor over at On Being wrote this beauty, The Traveling Onion:A Poem.

re:Khizr Khan

An NPR interview with an articulate, dear and courageous man...Khizr Khan. May he and his family find the peace they seek.

re: "unbiased" news?

These sources may be less biased than mainstream news outlets. Worth a try...

re:bravery and listening

Seeing Injustice with Bravery, Sarah Smash via On Being.
From the article..."As individuals, we are each awake and asleep in different ways, depending on our life experiences. As a country, though, we carry every injustice together in one ancestral, social DNA. Let’s finally face them together with bravery. Let’s open our eyes in order to open our hearts. Let’s rejoice that the skeletons are marching right out of our country’s closet, with livestreaming cell phones in their hands."

How to Listen When You Disagree, via The UrbanConfessional.
From the article..."The truth is, if our love can hold space for paradox, tension, and disagreement, there's room for all types of beliefs and opinions.

Division is a choice.

Life isn't a Facebook feed.

Our love, our listening, must bring in, not edit out.

Dare to listen, dare to be quiet, dare to seek understanding; in the end, it's the people we need to love, not their opinions."

re:stewardship and flipping the script

A walk at the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park on Tuesday reminded me of what a treasure this place truly is. From the website, "Walk through one of Vermont's most beautiful landscapes, under the shade of sugar maples and 400-year-old hemlocks, across covered bridges and alongside rambling stone walls. This is a landscape of loss, recovery, and conservation. This is a story of stewardship, of people taking care of places - sharing an enduring connection to land and a sense of hope for the future."

For details, look here. 

And this, via NPR this morning, a segment of Invisibilia. ..She Offered The Robber A Glass Of Wine, And That Flipped The Script. Learned a new term...noncomplementarity.

re:decreasing violence

"...the world is becoming less violent", Steven Pinker on NPR.

re:police violence, gorgeous music, creativity, peace

6 essential readings on police violence, via AFSC.

campaign zero. We can live in a world where the police don't kill people.

C!C!C!&Rufus Wainwright at the Hearn. Gorgeous, hopeful music.

Choosing Curiosity Over Fear, Elizabeth Gilbert.  Podcast via On Being.

Being Peace in a World of Trauma, Thich Nhat Hahn, Cheri Maples, Larry Wood. Podcast via On Being.

Ray of hope in our dark tunnel of violence. Huffington Post article on Seeds of Peace.

getting started

first entry.
the work:how to stay heart strong in times like these