I have been thinking that we may have reached the chronic, as opposed to acute, stage of our forest fire saga. For many of us, evacuation orders and alerts are rescinded, at least for now. For others, there’s at least a system to check on livestock and land. People are making plans to sustain a …
One predictable result of a good retreat is the scramble at the end when people start asking, “How can we keep this great community going?” Then follows a frenzied exchange of emails and phone numbers. Equally predictable is that any community formed simply for its own continuance inevitably falls apart. I find this depressing. I …
Street Walkers Ten years ago, in our lake, at the mouth of the bay where we locals swim, four young people drowned. I have not felt like I could tell this story. It is, for some families, a private and forever grief upon which I have no right to intrude. But parts of that story …
Wide Spot: Cellular Life In 1837, the botanist Matthias Schleiden and the zoologist Theodor Schwann had dinner together. Comparing their research while they ate, they realized that there was a deep uniformity between Schleiden’s plant structures and Schwann’s animal structures. Both plant and animal tissues were built of cells: autonomous, independent cells, living their own …
Join us every Tuesday morning from 8 am to 9 am for meditation. We start with a brief check-in, riff on a theme, and sit in Centering Prayer for 20 minutes or so. Email Therese here if you want more information or would like to join this Zoom group.
Join us every Tuesday morning from 8 am to 9 am for meditation. We start with a brief check-in, riff on a theme, and sit in Centering Prayer for 20 minutes or so. Email Therese here if you want more information or would like to join this Zoom group.
Join us every Tuesday morning from 8 am to 9 am for meditation. We start with a brief check-in, riff on a theme, and sit in Centering Prayer for 20 minutes or so. Email Therese here if you want more information or would like to join this Zoom group.
Join us every Tuesday morning from 8 am to 9 am for meditation. We start with a brief check-in, riff on a theme, and sit in Centering Prayer for 20 minutes or so. Email Therese here if you want more information or would like to join this Zoom group.
Join us every Tuesday morning from 8 am to 9 am for meditation. We start with a brief check-in, riff on a theme, and sit in Centering Prayer for 20 minutes or so. Email Therese here if you want more information or would like to join this Zoom group.
Join us every Tuesday morning from 8 am to 9 am for meditation. We start with a brief check-in, riff on a theme, and sit in Centering Prayer for 20 minutes or so. Email Therese here if you want more information or would like to join this Zoom group.
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