We may think of those persons over the age of 65 as comfortable Grandmas and Grandpas who welcome us home… {Read More}
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A table for one..
I often spend Christmas alone – the table set for one. My children and I live far apart and agree… {Read More}
Give yourself credit….
As a young, working single mother, I barely had time to eat, let alone rest. I remember being so tired… {Read More}
Rudolph or Ruby?
There is a lot of discussion this season about the fact that both male and female reindeer grow antlers. Was… {Read More}
Farmers must first feed themselves
Prosperity is only possible in a balanced ecology. A woman was struggling after the death of her husband in India. … {Read More}
I am community
I am community. I drank it in: this little town by the sea with the summer sun shining and a… {Read More}
I am Inspired by this World
How do communities build after generations of oppression? In John Borrows paper entitled Seven Generations, Seven Teachings, the premise is… {Read More}
Compassion, Care & Courage
I was challenged this week to look at the current year from the lens of courage. My Story My father… {Read More}
To India With Love
“It is in Indian history the biggest movement of farmers after 1947 when we got freedom”. I was chatting with… {Read More}
Love Letter to a Weary World
As we walk this journey together weaving our past experiences and our common respect for humanity into the future, I… {Read More}
The Weight of our Words
The Weight of Our Words Speaking with my five year old granddaughter is a journey in itself. She informed me… {Read More}
Singing for JOY
Finding Our Voice Fourteen months ago I had not sung a note and quite fearfully joined a soul choir. It… {Read More}
I am just one small voice
Only one small voice I am profoundly worried about my friends and their families in Australia, Tasmania and the surrounding… {Read More}
Someone called me by name
A Girl on the Streets Her name was Carly. She was wrapped in a new blanket and had her kitten… {Read More}
Leading in our world with hope
I believe we must lead the world with hope. Author Naomi Klein (2017) writes: “Politics hates a vacuum; if not… {Read More}
We Share the Same Earth and the Same Sky
“Although we are many miles apart – we share the same earth and the same sky.” (Schoepp, 2012) Indeed, we… {Read More}
Mother Nature’s Mystical Beauty
I stood in awe as the fleet meadow brome grass field pollinated. At this one magical moment, when the air… {Read More}
A Poem
Global sisters, this poem is a reflection of my travels. It is abstract, without title and in simple language, which… {Read More}
The Scholar Becomes the Student
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” I open the door to the possible, aware that I will… {Read More}
Dance for Joy
I have danced with women of many cultures – but never had I experienced such joy and sisterhood as in… {Read More}