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April 24 addition It was a wonderful meeting! Perhaps 40 people, in person and by Zoom. It was a wide-ranging conversation, from details of VSED (Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking) to caring for the variety of people who are low-functioning … Continue reading →

Dear Friends,First a little context. I subscribe to a discussion group hosted by Quaker Earthcare Witness, which I would recommend. To join you would go to this page:https://www.quakerearthcare.org/article/get-involvedAnd you would click on the boldfaced text “ But this list is … Continue reading →

Friends, I hope this is a turning point for me. In any case it’s two steps in the right direction. 1.This is one of those background things I would really like to talk about but have no particular timeline for … Continue reading →

A huge thing has been floating near and nearer to the surface of my awareness. For years I’ve thought the thing I glimpsed was floating up, floating in, to my awareness. One month I’d see a contour here, the next, … Continue reading →

It’s been over a year…since my last post here.I’ve been busy with other things. http://fourriversfriends.org/transition-system-wide We are even closer to financial meltdown, but that’s a given; we’ll cope as best we can, when it comes… Thanks to Ilze for pointing … Continue reading →

4 The Present Is the Only Thing That Has No End

Kairos and chronos

The present is the only place we really “are,” and the “truth” of the past fans out from our current point of view. And the possibilities of the future narrow down and “collapse” into the ‘done deal’ of present, which we may re-imagine, moments later. Continue reading →

This Is What God Wants? .: With an exclamation point, the above title would be unacceptable. Even with a question mark it is on thin ice. .: Or more pointedly, its author is on thin ice: in danger of plunging … Continue reading →

Whew! This feels like it’s going to be an important part of my year ahead, at least.