Gleanings from the Green Realm
The Alchemy of I
There was a wondrous lift to the breeze yesterday. A certain undeniable lilt to the patterned drifting of the clouds in their sea of blue. We were below, working the potatoes. Mounding soft dirt at the base of each plant and cutting skyward shoots above: our intention the focusing of energy in the tubers slowly [...]
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The Power of the Powerless
In the aftermath of bigotry’s coup d’etat in North Carolina, I am deeply saddened to hear many friends express the sentiment that perhaps it is time for them to leave. I do not want them to leave. Nor do I want to leave. North Carolina is home. Her universities educated me. It is here that [...]
Onward, Christian Soldiers: To Love
This morning in North Carolina Jesus is hanging his head in disbelief. Yesterday, the citizens of my state voted 61% to 39% in favor of amending the State Constitution to prohibit any union outside of a marriage between a man and a woman from being recognized (1). As I learned in Reynolds Price’s seminar, The Three [...]
Love = Love
As we move closer and closer to Tuesday’s upcoming vote in North Carolina on Same Sex Marriage Amendment One, which proposes adding a clause to the state constitution that would define marriage as being only between a man and a woman, this space is getting hot. Signs for and against the amendment are everywhere. Some [...]
Mystery Pot Pie
If I can keep my kids guessing, there’s a chance a veggie or two might make its way into their bellies. So sometimes when they ask: “Mom, what’s for dinner?” I simply answer “Pie!” It definitely works until they notice the bread instead of ice cream a la mode. But even if they pick their [...]
Appraising Home Appraisal
My husband and I are in the midst of the great adventure called refinancing. Strictly running the numbers, it’s a good deal for us. We are going to drop from an interest rate of 6.25% to 4.00% and can recoup our closing costs in ten months. After we recoup our outlay, we will have a [...]
The Versatile Blogger Award & The Sunshine Award
I am honored to have been nominated for The Versatile Blogger Award by the poet silentlyheardonce — thank you. Check out in particular her amazing poem, The Vanity of the Adept. With my spirit ally Eve at my side, we stand in awe of this piece. Read it to your mom on Mother’s Day. Many [...]
A Tiny Action in Honor of Martin Luther King
Today in 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. May he rest peacefully in the arms of the ancestors. In his honor and in the name of love, I am writing today about a tiny anti-racism action I’ve been taking for years. But before I share, let me give you some background. I am a [...]
Planting Season Holiday
For the months of April, May and June, I’m going to abandon my strict Monday-Wednesday-Friday posting schedule and post instead when the spirit moves me; and likely when the elements conspire to drive me indoors! I am truly enjoying this work here in the virtual commons and getting to engage with so many diverse minds, [...]
A Humble Healthcare Suggestion
For most of my adult life, I believed that healthcare was a right and that it was the job of the federal government as the representative of the people to administer that right. Now I am not so sure. Perhaps it has something to do with the State of North Carolina’s bankrupting the State Health [...]
Money, Honey
The New York Times ran a Steven Rattner op-ed piece this morning titled The Rich Get Even Richer. The article calls for our nation to address the ever widening income gap between the top richest one percent of Americans and the rest of us, citing new statistics derived by two French economists studying American’s 2010 [...]
