Maybe we need different places for different phases of our lives. Maybe cherished places remain alive inside us even if we have to move on—our attachment to the earth not thinned, but widened.
~Deborah Tall , “From Where We Stand: Recovering a Sense of Place” ~
Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase. —Martin Luther King Jr.
Tinka Friend, a Unitarian Universalist in Southern California and editor of the newsletter “Serenity” writes us this note from her part of the world. –JGR _________________ Now that all the wildfires surrounding us have died down and we can breathe again… I just finished the November and December issues of “Serenity.” I already had half…
Ready to get rid of all that “stuff”? A guy named Dave Bruno has some great ideas for you on how to “reduce, refuse, rejigger” at his blog & and a cause “Stuck in Stuff”. He regularly runs a 100 Things Challenge. This way of living—“quieting the noise of consumerism”—is the way I was raised….taken…
PEACE THROUGH TRAVEL AND WORLD CELEBRATIONS LISTINGS Riehlife: I was really impressed by a sign in the Carlton lobby that listed holidays all around the world and the slogan “Peace through travel.” Could you tell us more about this? Theo McKinney: Thank you for that! Keeping these world celebrations posted was my idea actually, and,…
The Nurse Remembers I remember the first meeting, as we signed her up…being in silence as I took her vitals and did the paperwork. Her cancer was so large when we found it, you could see it in her breast. We talked about her pain. I remember when she first was wheeled in to the…
The Wall Street Journal online also quoted Diane Thompson Regulators Scrutinized In Mortgage Meltdown By Greg Ip and Damiam Paletta ….”It is extremely rare, for individual matters, to get relief from either the state or the federal regulators,” says Diane Thompson, her attorney. A Wachovia spokeswoman declined to comment on the settlement but noted the…