Monthly Archives: March 2012

Small Scale Diversity is Healthier than Huge Monocultures

I’ve been rereading EarthDance, and I also picked up the Nature Conservancy’s magazine.  I read about a project in Northern Australia (Fish River Station) where they are giving a big chunk of land back to the Aboriginal people to manage.  … Continue reading

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Elisabet Sahtouris

Elisabet Sahtouris is one of my heroes, along with Vandana Shiva and Wangari Matthai.  I have a large picture of her face, copied from a magazine, on my refrigerator.  It’s been there for years.  People often ask me who she … Continue reading

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Invalidation can be Devastating

(Written in January 2010) I’ve decided to post this entire story, hoping it will help people understand how to really be helpful to a challenged friend.  It illustrates the danger of well-meaning people who have their own agenda, and aren’t … Continue reading

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Gaviotas: a Village to Reinvent the World

“Gaviotas is a village of about 200 people in Colombia, South America. For three decades, Gaviotans – peasants, scientists, artists, and former street kids – have struggled to build an oasis of imagination and sustainability in the remote, barren savannas … Continue reading

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The Shipwreck Principle

Yesterday’s post reminded me of another event where an angel came to my rescue.  It was my senior year at Wellesley College.  Three friends and I decided to take a canoe trip down the Charles River to see our friends … Continue reading

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Tuesday’s Angel

I put on my BOGS knowing the trail would be muddy, and set out with Bella for the Fox Hill trail. The entrance to the parking lot was so muddy I got stuck.  So I locked the car, put Bella … Continue reading

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Guidance

Dear Guides & Guardian Spirits, I’m pretty bummed out and VERY TIRED.  I don’t know if I’m tired because I’m depressed, or depressed because I’m tired.  Just getting through the day feels like a chore that takes everything I’ve got.  … Continue reading

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The War on Women

Spent a lot of yesterday reading At the Root of this Longing; reconciling a spiritual hunger and a feminist thirst, by Carol Lee Flinders.  Horrified by being reminded of one mechanism that keeps patriarchy in place: that sociopaths kill women … Continue reading

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Little Jenny with the Dar Gorani Look

This picture was taken when I was six years old.  Alas, I lost or mislaid the original, so this is a scan of a copy — not very high quality. “Little Jenny with the Dar Gorani look” was named by a … Continue reading

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Venus and Jupiter

Wednesday, March 7 (Picture is from earthsky.org) Last night I was looking at Jupiter and Venus in the western sky.  Venus has been moving really fast to catch up with Jupiter.  (Venus is the really bright one, lower down, Jupiter … Continue reading

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