Blame and Hindsight to the Rescue!
When something as terrible as a murder occurs in a place that we least expect it, it’s no wonder that fear and vulnerability and anguish lead us to blame. We are human after all, even in Brattleboro....
View ArticleTis the Season
December is a time of preparation, of advent, and in that spirit comes “Holly Days”–a weekend of local shopping in downtown Brattleboro–with deep discounts & holiday spirit. One of my favorite...
View Articlethe Christmas embarrassment
Originally posted on Kelly & Lila: The tree was decorated in record time, and I’m not sure how. My husband’s mother presented him with an ornament each Christmas, throughout childhood, and...
View ArticleTuesdays in May
Originally posted on Kelly & Lila: Music & Meditation Consciously crafted through the chakras To move & soothe you–body, mind & soul. Discover lightness of being Experience deeper joy...
View ArticleAnnoying Bird Calls (or what kind of mom are you?)
Originally posted on The Empty Nest Diary: I wake to the sounds of birds and wonder if I should get up too. Now that the boys are home for the summer, I like to be up early to steal some quiet time. I...
View ArticleSummer reeling
Originally posted on Two Owls Calling: I cannot tell if the day is ending, or the world, or if the secret of secrets is inside me again. ― Anna Akhmatova I want to tell you about something, but I’m not...
View ArticleDance Toward the Longest Night
Originally posted on Kelly Salasin: It’s getting dark out. The days are shrinking. The nights are growing longer. The time to cultivate the light is upon us. Poetry. Laughter. Communion. A resilient...
View ArticleSummer Love for Women
Originally posted on Kelly Salasin: Celebrate the expansive energy of the sun with the cooling & nourishing retreat of a woman’s circle in Southern Vermont and online (or by invitation–near you!)...
View ArticleAutumnal Chakra Dance
Originally posted on Kelly Salasin: Celebrate the fluid consciousness of Autumn within a welcoming and supportive woman’s circle in Southern Vermont Women’s circles evoke a sense of sisterhood, and...
View ArticleWinter notes, released…
december: i love how the winter sun persists, even through a snowcloud sky. and how the whetstone brook looks like it’s filled with floating marshmallows. and how the world has become a snow globe that...
View ArticleWinter Winds
Originally posted on Two Owls Calling: I came of age in a Captainless ship. We all went down one by one. Which may be why these wintry nights with wild winds evoke terror inside. Or maybe too, in...
View Articlewaiting
Originally posted on the queer apostate: I took a walk this morning. Well, afternoon. Remade into morning with coffee and buttered toast. I feel my body remolding into a sitting shape, criss cross...
View ArticleThe Rolling Petri Dish Is On the Road
Originally posted on The Vermont Political Observer.: “Four more years! Four more years!” Congratulations to Vermont’s conservative nutcases, who managed to fill the better part of a bus to Washington,...
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