Dec 20, 2016 | Judaism, Poems, Social Justice, Uncategorized
Beloveds~ This past Monday the Electoral College confirmed the Presidency of the most awful candidate the United States has ever known—a fascistic, racist, sexist, narcisisstic charlatan. We are called to step up into a strong and effective resistance. We will each...
Dec 5, 2016 | Judaism, Nature, Poems, Social Justice
Dear Friends ~ I had thought to be silent in these pages for at least a week after my last post, but yesterday’s victory at Standing Rock—whatever comes next—calls for a song: My Victory (Meditation on Psalm 18, David’s Victory Song) My victory is your victory,...
Dec 1, 2016 | Judaism, Poems, Social Justice, Workshops
Beloveds~ As we move into the fourth week of President-Elect Donald Trump, I come to you again with a few thoughts and a poem that wants to be shared. Perhaps, like me, you have struggled to find your footing as the news of each day tumbles in. Perhaps, as you...
Nov 16, 2016 | Judaism, Nature, Poems, Social Justice
Dear Friends ~ The first week has passed: seven days of living in the shadow of this new reality: President-Elect Donald Trump. For many of us this has been a week of mourning, a kind of Shiva. I have done my share of weeping. And raging, even as I followed my...
Sep 29, 2016 | Judaism, Nature, Poems
Friends~ In my last post, I invited you to explore the mysteries beneath the forest floor with this astonishing Radio Lab podcast, From Tree to Shining Tree. I hope you are feeling wonderfully supported and inspired by the intricate relationships beneath our wandering...
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....
