Category: blog

Letting Go of the Outcome

For 12 years, I studied the one major thing that has created everything artificial around us, the thing that has created buildings, books, musical instruments, even the US Constitution and…
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Blessings

Blessings

A few days ago it was National Coming Out Day and I got to reflecting. I’ve read that there are 5 or 6 levels of coming out. They range from…
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An Act of Service

As an act of service, I used to take care of the lawn and gardens at my church. When I agreed to do this, I didn’t know what I was…
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Being in the Now

I want to share a story. When I was 24 years old and living in New York City, I had a nervous breakdown. Life was not going the way I…
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I’m Going Back to Washington DC

I’m Going Back to Washington DC

I bought my bus ticket over a month ago because I knew I have to go to this second People’s Climate March. I remember the day that the first one…
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On the Bus

On the Bus

I’m on the bus. We left the Franklin Unitarian Society at 11pm. It was a few crazy hours figuring out what to bring: hat, sunscreen, food, water, rescue remedies. I’m…
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Owning my Racism and Advantage

Owning my Racism and Advantage

In her essay, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”, Peggy McIntosh says, “I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance…
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