I walked through the brush, trying to spot a gravestone. I wanted to see them still covered up. I knew they were there, somewhere, but couldn’t see any but the ones that were already cleared. Deb was nearby on the other side of trees. She had walked there before but I had asked to go […]
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This is the paper I wrote for the Pacific Northwest Quaker Women’s Theology Conference in Seabeck, Washington. (Now in progress.) The theme is mentoring and eldering and we had to reflect on that topic for 1-2 pages._____________________________ “This girl needs her nose pierced!” That critique is the only shortfall my friend, Leonora, could come up
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It is one of those beautiful nights after a thunderous storm has rolled through and the air is now fresh and clean. Everything is moved, substituting for the school year is over, all the volunteer positions have been assigned and I am sitting by a fireplace in Vancouver in the still calm with a friend
It has been a full day full of work at home, going out and joining Marjorie’s family for lunch, and going to see Stop Kiss tonight. I got a lot of that little stuff done and that feels good. As a follow up to yesterday’s post on what does a hero do when they lose
I was putting sticker labels on books today at my favorite library when one of the teachers I’m acquainted with was talking to me about a lesson he was preparing for his kids: What does a hero do when he or she loses their mentor? We came up with various stories this happens in such
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