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Summer Solstice
Summer has settled in here in Vermont. The world is magnificently green. The lake (Lake Champlain) has finally fallen below flood stage for the first time in two months. The trees and other vegetation have come fully into their own, taking sufficient water from a very saturated water table to reduce the flow into the…
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Dream Visitors
When the dream visitor is unwanted we may miss the mystery and power inherent in their visit. Fear may erase the awe we might otherwise feel. When the visitor is dear, we may arise with an aching, a longing, that is difficult to bear. We may also feel immensely grateful and deeply connected. These nighttime…
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Microaggression, Erasure, and Genocide
Perhaps the speaker himself did not notice his erasure of our collective history. After all, our national zeitgeist, like that of a trauma burdened family, is to move forward, forgetting the past as soon as possible. Microaggression is subtle, riding beneath normative cultural messages, and stealthily attacking the hearts and souls of it’s targets. Microaggressions…
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