Nov 1, 2016 | Nature, Poems, Social Justice, Workshops
Dear Ones~ With many of you, this Fall I have been cheering vigorously for the “Water Protectors” of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their heroic challenge to the fossil fuel industry, I sense in this powerful movement of indigenous people—and in the...
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...
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....
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...
Mar 23, 2016 | Judaism, Poems, Social Justice
Dear Friends~ I wrote the poem below as I was solidifying my commitment to participate in Democracy Spring, a non-partisan campaign of mass civil disobedience in the Capitol to protest the influence of big money in U.S. politics. Democracy Spring Every day I wake I...
