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Wide Spot, February 2022: Grown Up

March 5, 2022 By Wide Spot Admin

My baby sister had brand new red roller skates. She lurched through the kitchen as I stood silent, radiating envy. The floor trim between the kitchen and the next room was beyond her skill level, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: action, blame, brave, Compassion, disrespect, division, Gandhi, mess, responsibility

Wide Spot, January 2022: Wishing and Willing

March 5, 2022 By Therese DesCamp

One of my favorite online resources is the Greater Good Science Center at UC-Berkeley. Researchers in the science of happiness and gratitude, they’ve got a bang-up website and tons of free resources. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: Beatrice Bruteau, change, contemplative, environment, Vikto Frankl, wide spot, Wide Spot Column, willing, willingness, wishing

Wide Spot, December 2021: Broken Bones

March 5, 2022 By Therese DesCamp

Environmental activist and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy once said, “You don’t need to do everything. Do what calls your heart; effective action comes from love. It is unstoppable, and it is enough.” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: community, environment, Joanna Macy, Thomas Merton, wide spot, Wide Spot Column

Wide Spot, November 2021: Imagine That

March 5, 2022 By Therese DesCamp

Years ago, as part of a retreat for environmental activists, we did an exercise imagining different points of view. Here was a scenario: a waterfront property owner had dumped sand to add beach to his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: community, connection, environment, imagination, Pandemic, wide spot, Wide Spot Column

Wide Spot, October 2021: Revisionist History

October 28, 2021 By Wide Spot Admin

Last night, out of the blue, an email arrived bearing a 43-year-old video. Sent via a chain of friends and relatives, the clip showed me at my first wedding, singing my heart out to the accompaniment … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: 500 words, connection, forgiveness, Joy, values, Wide Spot Column

Wide Spot, August 2021: Cooking the Potatoes

October 28, 2021 By Wide Spot Admin

It’s a fallacy that deer don’t eat potatoes, or at least strip the plants naked. I guess I should be grateful for the stalks and tubers left behind, and hope that the deer get sick enough to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: 500 words, community, Compassion, Pandemic, Wide Spot Column

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