Tag: disability
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Quietly Sacred: Culture, Belonging, and the Longest Day of the Year
It’s Wednesday, and rain has rolled in to greet the morning. The Solstice is passed, although not without acknowledgement. Saturday we were invited to bless and dedicate a new home and farm, and had a truly lovely few hours with the owners. Sunday evening we gathered with friends to mark the turning year, then on…
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Echos: Polio, Diversity, and the Cold War, Part Two
This is the second of a two-part post. Follow this link to read Part One. Polio was a stealth virus, contagious only until the person carrying it developed symptoms; in spite of this, the households of those who contracted the illness were often quarantined. Overnight, victims and their families might find themselves social pariahs, remaining…
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Echos: Polio, Diversity, and the Cold War
This is the first of a two part series about Polio, Cultural Diversity, and the Cold war. I’ve been reading Polio stories, both narratives and fiction, each true in its own way. In my experience, the subject fits the weather, hot one day, then wet and cold the next. I contracted the virus over the…
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A Complex Day in Monteal
Yesterday, we went to Montreal, a marvelous, if notoriously inaccessible, city for the day. We had planned to be in a workshop focused on using puppetry for working with businesses. Montreal is about two hours from here, so we were up early, aiming to leave by 6 o’clock. We finally made it out of the…
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