Category: Healing
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Reading Jane Kenyon
A cloudy, warmish day, quite a change from recent weeks. Maybe some showers later. Perhaps a walk this afternoon. I’ve been reading Jane Kenyon’s Collected Poems. She lived the last couple of decades of her leukemia shortened life in a New Hampshire valley. Her house, the weather, farming, the natural world, pets, and her relationship…
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St. Valentine’s Day
The post discusses the contrast between a bright Valentine’s Day and the destruction wrought by colonizers and contemporary powers. It reflects on St. Valentine, historical injustices, ecological devastation fueled by consumerism, and the troubled outlook on humanity’s future. Yet, it also emphasizes the importance of empathy, connection, and a long-term perspective amid despair and beauty.
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Hungry Ghosts
We had our first real snow of the season last night. Now the sun is out and the world is new snow bright. Yesterday Jennie and I, and a group of others, hosted a day-long online social justice event. The event had been planned for almost a year and the conversations seemed even more pressing…
