Sometimes we adults get so caught up in being grown that we miss the point completely. Happened to me recently. One day a week I work with “at risk” teens in a school garden. Because of a deer problem, the garden is a small 8′ X 10′ fenced in space with a few raised beds… Continue reading Libations
Month: March 2013
Congratulations Catholic Church! Now. It’s time to CHANGE some things.
Pope Francis ~ We’re ALL counting on you. “Our gift to the church is to be with those who have been made poorer, with those on the margins. Questions there are much less black and white because human realities are much less black and white. That’s where we spend our days. – Sister Pat Farrell This… Continue reading Congratulations Catholic Church! Now. It’s time to CHANGE some things.
Move over Gen Y ~ Boomers need room to party
I feel sorry for Gen Y. Poor things. We Boomers were lucky—our parents didn’t like our music in quite the same way. But in music concerts all over the world these hip young folk are forced to witness the party animal coming out in us old fogies because—let’s face it…they ain’t the only ones that… Continue reading Move over Gen Y ~ Boomers need room to party
The POTUS edits himself
Writers: wherever you are working away in your little secluded corner of the world, searching for just the right word, draft after draft, seeing President Obama’s Inaugural Address revisions will make you feel better. And remind us that it’s all about process. This photo was taken by White House photographer, Pete Souza:
Botlahle ~ 11 years old. South African. Poet. Prophet
I’m no big fan of “Got Talent” shows, but this is too good not to share. I have my dear friend Judith on The Park in Brooklyn to thank for sending these links: I’ve never seen anyone quite like this 11-year old South African girl, Botlahle [bo-TA-lay].