I like to think I have a lot of tolerance for chaos, but in this time of wildfire, pandemic, and political maelstrom, I’m being tested. Here we are, “we” being my family, sequestering in place together, and holding a pretty strict protocol. We have had very little direct outside contact for eight months now. Groceries… Read more »
Winter Solstice Eve: On Suffering
Winter Solstice Eve: On Suffering Many years ago my dear friend Harold worked by day in the Cambodian refugee camps doing AIDS education. These camps were places of horror. At night the Khmer Rouge would raid the camp of young boys and men, killing or recruiting. Harold had a friend, a Buddhist nun, who also… Read more »
Book Review: Unplugging the Patriarchy: A Mystical Journey into the Heart of a New Age, by Lucia René
My spiritual teacher Norma T. would describe Lucia René’s Unplugging the Patriarchy: A Mystical Journey into the Heart of a New Age, as a teaching novel. René herself calls it “fictionalized memoir,” part truth, part fiction. The storyline begins with the protagonist at loose ends, having lost both of her parents, and within a week of her father’s death,… Read more »
Trees: Part Two. On Love and Activism
A tree I love. Trees: Part Two. On Love and Activism Several years ago I attended an evening performance of several ecological poets and songwriters at an environmental conference in San Francisco. I remember one songwriter straight out of the tradition of 1960’s, who accompanied her song about star thistle with her guitar. The song… Read more »
Love – Sex – Naiveté – Family – Values – Commitment – Betrayal
Fisher King Press is pleased to announce the publication of Love – Sex – Naiveté – Family – Values – Commitment – Betrayal Snakes, a novel by Patricia Damery Go West Young Lady! Love – Sex – Naiveté – Family – Values – Commitment – Betrayal . . . Patricia Damery weaves a seductive tale… Read more »
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