Jan 3, 2019 | Counting the Omer, Judaism, Poems, Social Justice, Uncategorized, Workshops
Dear Friends~I enter 2019 with courage for the struggles ahead and hope for victories large and small. To that end, I send a poem, a prayer.My Victory(companion to Psalm 18, David’s Victory Song)My victory is your victory, is ourvictory, is the one talethat wants to...
Mar 29, 2018 | Counting the Omer, Judaism, Nature, Uncategorized
The essence of the intention, in its simplest form, is that we need to know that a human being’s days are counted and numbered, with a number and a count, each and every day. And the person needs to judge and to take stock of him or herself each and every day,...
May 22, 2017 | Counting the Omer, Judaism, Nature, Workshops
Dear Friends ~ I have been writing my way through the Omer again, a new book of letters and poems in the works. Between the added time at my desk (which I love) , two on-going Writing Circles and political work (which I also love), life is full. I trust yours is as...
Apr 3, 2017 | Counting the Omer, Judaism, Publications, Uncategorized
Beloveds ~ I am excited to tell you the Omer count begins next week! On the evening of April 11, second night of Passover some of us will begin a daily practice that will take us through the spring into the early days of summer. What is the Omer? Simply put, counting...
May 13, 2016 | Counting the Omer, Poems, Workshops
Dear Friends ~ Greetings from lush Philadelphia in the middle of May! This Place Every so often in the course of seasons comes a time when you know once again the place you have chosen to be is the place that has chosen you. It’s like that now in azalea time...
Apr 18, 2016 | Counting the Omer, Judaism, Poems, Workshops
Dear Friends~ Here’s the news from my world–first in poetry, then in prose. Spring of my Spring He’s back again, the little bird with his drill of a song. See how he cleaves to the branch by the hanging box that swings so hopefully in the Rose of Sharon....
