Category Archives: Story

“We Are One, We Are Home at Last”

it is the appointed date. we’ve been at Stonehenge all night and now the sky is growing pale. we stand in a circle inside the stones watching the horizon behind the heel stone. the stone is heavy on the bottom, … Continue reading

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“In the Marrow of Our Bones”

Clint Smith, Black man, talking to Krista Tippett. He is best known for his 2021 book, How the Word Is Passed. He talks about going to places where horrible things happened to Black people. He wants to know the truth … Continue reading

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“This time it’s all of us or none”

Puerto Rican Jewish poet and activist Aurora Levins Morales poem “Red Sea”: We cannot cross until we carry each other, all of us refugees, all of us prophets. No more taking turns on history’s wheel, trying to collect old debts … Continue reading

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1995: Interviews and Feedback about my Performance in Journey into Courage

This material is some of the first I typed up from the handwritten journals after September 15 when I stopped typing them. I’m not typing everything, just pieces I think would make good blog posts. After the Video of Journey … Continue reading

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1995: Vision for a World Where I Can Live

From my journal for August 1995.  I had gone to Dance Camp, but I was limited in what I could eat because I had systemic yeast.  No bread, no wheat, no sugar, etc.  The cook at camp was not sympathetic … Continue reading

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1995: Journey Into Courage Video and Fear about Mom

After the first showing of the movie about Journey Into Courage, I realized that my siblings’ names were listed among the contributors to making the video.  I worried about mother finding out.  At this point I still didn’t know about … Continue reading

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Foundational Qualities for the Next Era

This is from Kosmos, from an article by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee.  I thought it was important enough to post here. The full piece can be found at the link. Here are seven foundational qualities for the next era:  Respect for women … Continue reading

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Spiritual Experiences

In the writing group on Monday, July 17 I wrote about how miserable I was feeling, how despairing about the future of what humans are doing to our planet. Then how the spiritual reading I’ve been doing is not helping … Continue reading

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Dialogue with a Part

Written in writing group on June 26.  I was feeling very scared and worrying about Mocha’s illness.  I thought I would try talking to a part who was scared. I just want to cry.  My teeth have been chattering all … Continue reading

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A New Look at the “Voice from the Past”

Found a passage written in June of ‘96, when I was in the pit of despair & trying to find things to help me hold on.  I posted it in May 2010.  I’ve since posted pieces of it with commentary … Continue reading

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