Joy and Wonder
Cheryl Richardson featured this video this week, “celebrating the joy and wonder of a child.” I wanted to share it with you. Happy Solstice to you. May the end of the Mayan calendar bring you a brilliant new beginning.
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Entries by Bethany
The Letter
I received an amazing gift today. I didn’t want to drop by my office at all — with my grades posted, all I wanted was to stay far away! But I needed some materials for an off-campus meeting with a colleague, so here I am. On my office chair, I found a letter from a […]
Facts about the Moon
It’s a dark time of year, especially this year, and it strikes me that one of our questions right now — as a people, I mean, as human beings in this shared endeavor — has to be how to heal a broken world. The picture, from http://www.bluemountain.com/blog/2011/12/its-time-for-the-winter-solstice/, made me think of Dorianne Laux’s poetry book, Facts about the […]
Happy Birthday, Emily Dickinson
And wouldn’t you know it, Garrison Keillor salutes her today with one of my favorite Dickinson poems. I hope you have time to give it a listen.