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....
Apr 7, 2016 | Counting the Omer, Judaism, Poems
Dear Friends~ Counting the Omer is an ancient Jewish spiritual practice marking the forty-nine days between the spring festival of Passover and the summer festival of Shavuot. The count begins as always on the second night of Passover–this year on April 23. Why...
