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Sunday’s Thought ( A Shabbat Prayer)
Well, it’s been a rough day for my religion. Christians are wearing me out. What happened to love everyone (everyone) the same way you love yourself? What happened to the Golden Rule? So, this Sunday’s Thought is from one of my very favorite traditions, the Reformed...
Oh, Mary!
So, a few weeks ago I said to Chip, "I feel so bad for these women that live in deep red states." And he replied, "Heather, we do." I said, "No we don't!" And he said, "Yes we do, you just don't see it in Haines and Juneau." And today? Don Young's seat went to a...
Attentive August Abundance
I started writing a novel yesterday and counted the days until I should have a rough draft done ( taking time off for some weekends and moose hunting and all that) -- Dec 2! I should be prompted to blog and write other things too, since I am back at regular "work,"...
Sunday’s Thought
"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer." - Simone Weil
Tenakee Dreaming
It is one of those things that I figure was meant to be. There was this shack with an orange For Sale by Owner sign that remained un-sold on each visit to Tenakee the last few years, and then there was an unexpected windfall, and before I knew it, I had a little place...
Sunday’s Thought
"All acts of kindness are lights in the war for justice." - Joy Harjo I read this just now in Reconciliation, A Prayer from How We Became Human, New and Selected Poems: 1975-2002 and knew that it is a perfect Sunday Thought for these times. While I was pulling up...
Sunday’s Thought
"There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun."-- Thomas Merton