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“May we remember to inhale the lushness in life knowing that we are a people of beauty.” -from a chalice lighting by Kimberlee Tomzcak Carlson Inhale the lushness of life today

Before Earth Day, Arbor Day was the primary environmental celebration and semi-holiday in the United States .   And for a while it was a very big deal with tens of thousands of volunteers across the country planting and tending trees .   The results were breath taking.   Arbor Day is often credited with re-foresting American cities and towns.   Old 19th Century photographs reveal that many were barren urban wastelands long denuded foliage with buildings jammed together and coming right up to streets and crude sidewalks .   In Chicago, for instance, Daniel Burnham ’ s famous network of grand boulevards which radiated f rom the downtown core piercing the neighborhoods with trees was influenced by the Arbor Day movement.   Later the...

Designing a box often involves small changes along the way as we observe step by step what we've done. Please compare this photo with the one I posted yesterday as it shows a very small but significant change. By reshaping the underside of the bottom drawer, I've taken a boring, straight line and made the whole chest more interesting. Also, I've created a finger space for opening the drawer so that only the top three drawers will require pulls. This morning I'll be making a presentation to the Holiday Island Rotary about the Wisdom of Our Hands. Nine to 10 AM at Grace Lutheran Church. Make, fix and create. Assist others in learning likewise.

Editor’s Note: Rev. Jan wrote this in 2016, and it seems to be a beautiful reminder of how resistance itself can have it’s own very important role in our journeys. I wrote this poem in an attempt to describe my … Continue reading →

A Prayer to Widen Our Circle of Care Heart of Compassion, may we learn, day by day, moment by moment, how to widen our circles of care, as we begin with the coil of sweetgrass wrapped around itself in the centre, and build that circle outward, to create a mat,...

—with Paula Chandoha and Mary Rose Muti Paula Chandoha gave a focus talk. Mary Rose Muti introduced two videos of Robin Wall Kimmerer. The first video was a Science Friday interview (29 minutes)  #SciFriBookClub  - Science, Gratitude and  Responsibility with Robin Wall Kimmerer     recorded with a live audience for Science Friday's October 28th 2022,  broadcast. The second video (22 minutes) was from a Bioneers meeting in 2014. Robin Kimmerer - Mishkos Kenomagwen:  The Teachings of Grass | Bioneers

In the Mass Audubon class I’m taking, tonight’s lecture was on birds. We learned about a scientific paper titled, “Urban gulls show similar thermographic and behavioral response to human shouting and conspecific alarm cries” (Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 20 Sept. 2022). Equipment used in this research included a plush Cornish pasty and a child’s … Continue reading "Urban gulls…human shouting…"

—led by Mary Margaret Halsey. We met inside the gate at 11 am on Thursday 20th April and were fortunate in having perfect day for our walk. Our first objective was to locate the gravestone of our past president, Elaine Fisher.  This proved somewhat more difficult than expected, but Catherine finally spotted it.   In 2014 Elaine had given a focus talk on "What Matters to Me and Why". She showed many of her photographs, including the pair "Crossing the Street / Returning".  She chose the first of these images to engrave on her gravestone.  Elaine has now crossed the street never to return.  She added a haiku by Kobayashi Issa (Issa="a cup of tea") one of "the Great Four" haiku masters in Japan.   Entering the cemetery was like step...

Liz Williams covers the English custom of skipping to bring "good luck and guarantee good harvests or catches of fish in the coming year." Continue reading Mass Skipping at The Wild Hunt.

Casa Mambré es un proyecto de Scalabrinianas Misión con Migrantes y Refugiados (SMR) que alberga a muchas personas migrantes y refugiadas en la Ciudad de México. El refugio brinda recursos críticos a los residentes para facilitar su transito e integración en México.

Casa Mambré is a project of Scalabrinianas Mission with Migrants and Refugees (SMR) that hosts many migrants and refugees in Mexico City.

In my woodshop I've been working on small chests of drawers that are made with hand-cut dovetails holding the carcasses together. The dovetails are intended to stand proud, accentuating craftsmanship and making it very clear to the viewer, how it's made. Walnut pulls will be added to the drawers.  The carcasses are made from Cherry, Ash and Walnut and the drawers are made from Cherry, and Ash with maple drawer sides. Subscribers of Popular Woodworking will find an article I wrote for the magazine in the current issued, illustrating how to make a coopered leg hall table. Let's reshape American education so that its first priority will be to provide students of all ages means to support better mental health. Crafts and the arts are the me...

“Nature has a different culture. Make a lot, give a lot, and don’t attach to much.” – Margaret Greene, spiritual…</p> The post Connected: Make A Lot, Give a Lot appeared first on Taking Up Space.

“In order to solve any problem, you have to be able to imagine a world in which it is solved.” -Jeanine Braithwaite (CLF) What is a problem whose solution you need to work on imagining?

                                                    William Notter. I never drove but Wyoming Highways by William Notter   makes me yearn for the wide open, empty highways of my old home state.   Notter grew up in Northeast Colorado.   He earned a BA from the University of Evansville and a MFA from the University of Arkansas. His book Holding Everything Down received the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award and was published in fall 2009 by Southern Illinois University Press. His poems have appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review , AGNI Online , Ascent , The Chattahoochee Review , Connecticut Review , The Midwest Quarterly , Southern Poetry Review , Willow Springs, the anthology Good Poems for Hard...

“I am the passion which draws things into becoming and the rejuvenating enthusiasm which moves things to the courage of being.” from “Wisdom of the Watchers” from The Flame And The Cauldron by Orion Foxwood I love this quote from … Continue reading →

a new organization in a combined magical retail/cat lounge space in Asheville, North Carolina, will help black cats find homes. Continue reading “Find Your Familiar” – New organization helps black cats at The Wild Hunt.

Today at the Clear Spring School my kindergarten students and I made sailboats as you can see.  Then after class I joined them in the new Clear Spring School teepee for a quick story time. The teepee is amazingly large on the inside, spacious enough for a class to gather. If you live in Eureka Springs, stop by and look inside. It's lovely. Make, fix and create...

The UUA is very pleased to announce the appointment of Ebony C. Peace as Director of Human Resources. In this executive position, Peace helps to lead the UUA’s overall commitment to being a workplace where people of all backgrounds and identities can thrive. Continue reading "UUA Announces Ebony C. Peace Appointed Director of Human Resources"

Staff Writer "It was like we were all transported to a common place that was peaceful, happy, and alive. To me, that’s creating Beloved Community."

Michael Cohen, Solar United Neighbors, gave an overview on Solar for congregations and share a little about the process the First Unitarian Church of Orlando is going through to consider installing solar with IRA funds. You can watch the presentation and check out Michael’s Handy Links for UU Congregations on Energy Efficiency & Solar .   What’s Next? What next?  Join us in May to learn about how you can leverage UUA funding options with IRA funds for an even bigger impact.  On May 17 at 7ET for Carey McDonald, UUA Executive Vice President, will discuss I RA funds and UUs: Funding Clean Energy and Climate Solutions!  With 30% direct pay options for churches and nonprofits, IRA funds present a great opportunity for UUs to reduce ...

On Thursday, April 20, UUSC’s Congregational Accompaniment Project for Asylum-Seekers (CAPAS) team put together a 90-minute workshop on ethical storytelling.

Everywhere you look the world is on fire! Sometimes you just want to scream at the top of your lungs, “Everything is bad! Do something! AAUGH!!!!” That urgency is real, and also maybe not the best way to communicate about the issues - or to take care of yourself! In our April Skill Up, learn some ways to manage yourself and engage others as you effectively advocate for justice and work for a thriving world for all with Side With Love Climate Justice Organizer Rachel Myslivy. View the recording View the slides Put It In Practice! Skill Up Followup Practice Session May 1 at 8pm ET / 7pm CT / 6pm MT / 5pm PT This Followup to April's Skill Up is a practice session for folks who came to the Skill Up live or have watched the recording. If ...

Sunday, April 30 Multigen Beltane Service and Maypole Dance   The world is greening all around us! Join us in celebrating the fertility of spring in this multigenerational worship service honoring the pagan holiday, Beltane. Together we will dance the Maypole, featuring a 10 foot tall interactive Green Woman sculpture created by Elisa Abatsis.   NOTE:   [ … ] The post Sunday Worship: April 30, 2023 ~ Multigen Beltane Service and Maypole Dance ~ 10:30 a.m. appeared first on Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson.

Lynn Gardner In our times of need, may we each be saved by hope, connection, and love. Continue reading "Saving What We Can"

“Imagine: you are irreplaceable. Imagine: you are crafted to offer the world something different from everyone else. Imagine: you are an irreplaceable part of this interconnected, interdependent web of precarious, precious life.” -From “Imagining Liberation” by Anna Blaedel What are you crafted to offer the world?

         Karyna McGlynn. Karyna McGlynn grew up in Austin, Texas, and earned an MFA at the University of Michigan and a PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Houston.   She is the author of three books of poetry— I Have to Go Back to 1994 and Kill a Girl (Sarabande, 2009), which won the Kathryn A. Morton Prize;   Hothouse (Sarabande, 2017); and 50 Things Kate Bush Taught Me About the Multiverse (Sarabande, 2022.   She is also the author of three chapbooks— Scorpionica (2007), and The 9-Day Queen Gets Lost on Her Way to the Execution (2016). Her work has been featured in the anthology Best American Nonrequired Reading (2010). McGlynn uses psychological ephemera, pop culture, and improvisational plots to...

This is your time and it feels normal to you, but really, there is no normal. There’s only change and resistance to it and then more change. Meryl Streep Anyone who has raised a child has met resistance in action. … Continue reading →

As popular as Tucker Carlson was, he became more trouble than he was worth to Fox and to the Murdoch family. His firing is a good thing, but what it means in the big picture remains to be seen. Pay attention.

Today is National Library Workers Day. I managed to thank three librarians. I got the official name of the day wrong (I kept calling it “National Library Staff Appreciation Day”; I have no idea where I got that from). But I got the sentiment right. If it seems kind of corny to thank a librarian … Continue reading "Thank a librarian"

Taken with a Fuji X100V using Øyvind Nordhagen’s Kodak Ektar 100 Recipe   Just click on the photo to enlarge it.

A new program launched by the Aquarian Tabernacle Church and Woolston-Steen Theological Seminary seeks to offer accreditation for Wiccan Institutions, Covens, and stand-alone classes. Continue reading New accreditation organization for Wicca launched at The Wild Hunt.

By Jonathan Rosenblum | More than 1 million US workers are employed at Amazon today—the majority at its vast network of more than 1,300 warehouses and logistics centers, with tens of thousands in tech centers around the country. That’s more workers than UPS and FedEx combined, more than the entire US auto manufacturing industry. Another 600,000 work internationally for the company.

The Rev. Mark Bellentini was one of the first out gay ministers in Unitarian Universalism and he also chaired the hymnal committee for the gray hardback Singing the Living Tradition which was published in 1993. The UUA Bookstore publishes a meditation book series, now retitled ... read more . The post Co-Minister’s Colloquy – April 25th appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

Children in Kindergarten through 6th grade will start in the Great Hall for the first part of the service. After the story for all ages, they will go to their own class rooms: Wonderful Welcome (K-3rd grade) in the classroom next to the dining room Love Connects ... read more . The post Religious Education on Sunday April 30th appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

In acknowledgement of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month in May, the discussion of a work by a BIPOC Author will be about the memoir Crying in H Mart, by Michelle Zauner (2021), a beautiful book about family, food, and growing up in a Korean ... read more . The post Discussion of Crying in H Mart, by Michelle Zauner appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

Held at the First UU Society in Syracuse, with some virtual programming options. Keynote speaker: Andie Davis, a 17-year-old genderfluid playwright from Ontario Canada. Workshops include: Supporting Parents and Caregivers of Trans and Gender Expansive Youth Behaviours, Boundaries, and Binaries: Exploring Healthy Relationships Through an LGBTQIA+ Lens GSA Student Organizing Gender ... read more . The post Building Beloved Community Beyond the Binary: a Conference on Saturday May 6th appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

“From this ground, let us sow mercy, justice, and compassion. Let us offer our stories to provide our staples of wisdom. And when we do, let us create and experience the Presence and Affirmation that allows us to connect with our theological imagination so that the harvest of our faith will be Abundant Grace.” -Melissa … Continue reading Abundant Grace

                                  George Herriman, Creator of Krazy Kat: A Mind Bubble George Herriman died on this day, the 25th of April, in 1944. I’ve read that his creation Krazy Kat was likely more influential than popular. And that’s probably so. […]

One of our favorite annual events returns on Wednesday, May 3 at 5:30 in Emerson Hall. Empty Bowls is a fundraiser for All Souls Community Resource Bank (CRB), which works to reduce hunger in Tulsa. The event includes a community meal, music, and a silent auction of bowls created by members, friends and local artists. We’re especially excited this year to feature the creation of a collaborative community bowl that will be raffled off at the end of the evening, and to let everyone decorate their own dessert cookie. Why This Work Matters A recent cut to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program […] The post All Souls Fills Empty Bowls appeared first on BeyondBelief.

Erika L. Sánchez. Erika L. Sánchez is one of the leading lights of the robust Latinx poetry scene in Chicago. She was born in 1983 in the western suburb of Cicero to Mexican immigrant Parents.   She has two brothers and they all grew up speaking both Spanish and English at home.   She attended Morton East High School and then the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she was Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude . After college she traveled to Madrid, Spain, to teach English with the Fulbright program and pursued poetry.   She then earned an MFA in poetry from the University of New Mexico. Sánchez won a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship in 2015.   Her first poetry collection, Lessons on Expulsion...

I use the stories, the archetypal representations of Tarot cards for inspiration, creative visualization, setting intentions, affirmations, and meditation. While meditating on this month’s theme of Resistance the Magician Card came to mind. The Magician represents the time in our … Continue reading →

Websites tend to disappear pretty quickly. But every once in a while, you run into a web page from the last century. I ran into such a web page today: “Journey to the Isles of Hiva, 1993,” with text and photos by Dennis Kawaharada of Kapi’olani Community College, Hawai’i. Considering the changes that have come … Continue reading "From the Old Web"

In this week's Pagan Community Notes, Atheopagans announce a conference, Pentacle makes 16 years since US Veteran Affairs accepts it as an emblem of belief, Crossing of the veils, more announcements and news. Continue reading Pagan Community Notes: Week of April 24, 2023 at The Wild Hunt.

Kat McKim The current iteration of the ongoing congregational program includes an emphasis on justice.

Imagine a glass of cold water – feel it. Take a sip, feel the coolness run down your throat. Feel the water enter your body. Feel it pick up the things that you no longer need and cleanse them away from you. What is it washing away? What do you need to get rid of?

Happy Earth Week! For environmentalists, the month of April means there’s an event every day of the week - sometimes several! With all of the Earth Day Celebrations, we wanted to pop into your inbox to highlight a few of our favorites. In collaboration with UU organizations and national partners, Side With Love is here to help you balance the urgent need for political education and mobilization with spiritual nourishment and leadership development. This week, you can nourish your spirits at the Active for Earthcare Service with the UU Ministry for Earth, develop your leadership skills at the Side With Love April Skill Up: Facing the Apocalypse with a Smile with yours truly, educate yourself on Solar 101 + IRA funds with the First Unita...

Gerard Malanga--the Warhol years. Poet and photographer Gerard Malanga is best known for his association with cultural icon Andy Warhol.   He was the pop artist’s personal assistant, photographer, and sometimes actor during Warhol’s most famous period in the 1960s and ‘70s.   In fact, he has been called Warhol’s “most important associate” during those years. Malanga was the son of Italian immigrants and was raised in the Bronx.   He began writing poetry as a teenager and was soon immersed in the New York City avant garde art scene.   He began documenting that scene as a photographer. Malanga and Warhol. He was the chief assistant for artist Andy Warhol from the mid-1960s and founded the magazine Interview with him in 1969...

Over the last two weeks my wife and I have been spending a lot of time in clinics,  infusion centers, and radiology departments getting treatment for my leukemia. This story is from the infusion center.  Infusion centers provide blood transfusions, … Continue reading →

  “Data shows that a federal ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines is highly effective in saving lives in mass shootings. When a federal ban was in effect from 1994-2004, America saw a 37% decline in gun massacres and a 70% decline in assault weapons traced to crime. That means countless lives saved from preventable tragedies. But after Congress let the ban expire in 2004, mass shooting deaths increased by 347%.” – Brady United     Some of the read more... The post April Action Alert: Ban Assault Weapons Now appeared first on Promise the Children.

I can’t figure out if this is anti-intellectualism or something stranger. But a website calling itself the “Washington Free Beacon,” which is funded by conservative billionaire Paul Singer, recently ran a hatchet-job piece about Lucas Kunce, a Democrat in Missouri who plans to run for U.S. Senator in 2024. Of course a conservative website is … Continue reading "No conservative nerds"

TWH celebrates the life and work of the Thelemite artist Cameron, who would have been 101 years old today. Continue reading “I call myself a catalyst” – the visionary work of Cameron at The Wild Hunt.

Lee Valley has released a third episode of their Would Works series highlighting the role of woodworking in combating homelessness and building lives. https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/discover/inspired-to-make/would-works/meet-brunisha?utm_campaign=325126_Apr23-Wood-Video-WouldWorksInspiredToMakeSeries-Brunisha-US&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Lee%20Valley&dm_i=6EER,6YVA,12UXB3,Z977,1 In the meantime, I'm working on a new box design as shown. Make, fix and create...

Sunday, April 23 @ 11:45 am. Join UUs and James Carroll for our Biblical Scholarship Class the 4th Sunday of the month.

It was a quiet week, the robins had finished the nest, but were elsewhere in the yard. But this morning, one of them has come into the nest and has been sitting there a long time. I took a lovely little walk around the yard, just to look at things. There was a sparrow taking […]

American (Christian) religious divisions over environmentalism seem to hinge on one Hebrew word in Genesis. This week, we push back at the idea of "dominion" over the Earth...

So wildflowers distracted me last week, but I am back into trees. I love how this one looks. It was charred in the fire a couple of years ago, but it kept standing as new growth surrounded it. Weakened as it was, it broke apart recently after heavy rain and wind, one of those “atmospheric […]

Do not afflict me with a vision so narrow and a heart so small, That all my greatest hopes ­could be accomplished within a ­single lifetime. Rather, bless me with an unquiet spirit.” -From “A Prayer for Unfinished Business” by Kelly Weisman Asprooth-Jackson What do you imagine that goes beyond your lifetime?  

THE MOTHER OF MY HEARTRemarks shared on the occasion of being named a “Distinguished Alumnx” at the Pacific School of Religion James Ishmael Ford Yesterday Jan & I spent the day at the Pacific School of Religion, where I earned an MDiv (1991) as well as an MA (1992). There were many stressors at the […]

The truth isI can’t rememberThe last timeI wrote a poem,Wore lipstick,Baked a cakeJust for the fun of it,Marveled at the moon. I can’t rememberThe last timeI felt like a personand not a production,The last time I wasn’tExhausted by strength,Just getting through. I don’t know whenI stopped smiling,But I know my bodyMisses laughter. I have no […]

Well once again, it’s Earth Day. This celebration, founded in 1970, is a day to educate people on environmental issues. However, in my opinion, it is also a day to celebrate Mother Earth, give thanks for her nourishment and give back. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle to keep Her healthy. Recently, I interviewed an elderly man in […] The post Earth Day 2023 — plant a tree, plant a seed and your intentions too appeared first on Nature's Sacred Journey.

Physician/poet Adam Possner, MD in his office. Physician/poet Dr. Adam Possner addressed the anxiety and misinformation about the safety of vaccines that was growing and spreading even before the Coronavirus pandemic which was fueled by pseudo-scientific bullshit, social media, and credulous celebrities. Possner said that his life path can be categorized neatly in three different ways—the personal, the medical, and the poetic.   He was born in Florida, grew up in Kentucky, and settled down in North Bethesda, Maryland.   He has been married for 16 years and has two young boys. He went to medical school at the University of Michigan, residency and chief residency at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, taught at George Washington Univ...

The Washington Post investigated which websites got scraped to build up the database for Google’s chatbot. The Post has an online tool where you can check to see if your website was one of the ones that got scraped. And this online tool shows that danielharper.org was one of the websites that got scraped. True, … Continue reading "Scraped"

Alan D.D. discusses how he uses pop music as part of his Witchcraft, including tracks by Lady Gaga, Jimmy Trumpet, and Motionless in White. Continue reading Brujería – and Pop Music – is in the Air at The Wild Hunt.

Alan D. D. analiza cómo usa la música pop como parte de su brujería, incluyendo exitos de Lady Gaga, Jimmy Trumpet y Motionless in White. Continue reading Brujería (con música pop) en el aire at The Wild Hunt.

A short  “ thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful   Meditation.   (A recorded version of the following piece will appear here sometime on Sunday afternoon . . .) —o0o— Click on the photo to enlarge In the last couple of weeks I found myself taking another look at a painting I really, really dislike, namely, William Holman Hunt’s famous painting of 1853 called, “The Light of the World” that now hangs in the Side Chapel of Keble College, Oxford (see photo on the right). This painting was hugely influential in Victorian culture and, once upon a time, it could be found everywhere as it was endlessly reproduced in the form of postcards or larger engravings whic...

Please join us on Sunday (23 April 2023) at 11:00 AM for “What on Earth?  An Earth Day Celebration and Flower Communion” with Rev. Barbara Jarrell. We will be meeting in the sanctuary for this worship service.  Please join us in person at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA  71106 if you … Continue reading "All Ages Worship (23 April 2023)"

Children and youth will attend the worship service for the first 15-20 minutes and then are dismissed to their classes. We are now discussing peace, social justice, and the interdependent web and these ideas connect to our Unitarian Universalist faith. Elementary class with Ash McLain and Kevin Henry will be exploring what makes a family … Continue reading "Children and Youth Religious Education Classes — 23 April 2023"

Ken Peterson Memorial Service (29 April 2023 — details TBA on our web site later this week) Building and Grounds Work Day (13 May 2023 — details TBA on our web site later this week) 2023 Pledge Drive — We Need Your Pledge Now

Please join us on Sunday (23 April 2023) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM. Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom. This week, we take a look at a few of the bills we are watching … Continue reading "Online Adult Religious Education — 23 April 2023"

Please join us next Tuesday (25 April 2023) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch. Our weekly Zoom lunch is going dual-platform — join us from home using Zoom or in person in the social hall. Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.

“I give thanks to the waves upholding me, hail the great winds urging me on, greet the infinite sea before me, sing the sky my sailor’s song: I was born upon the fathoms, never harbor or port have I known. The wide universe is the ocean I travel, and the earth is my blue boat … Continue reading Blue Boat Home

  Today is Earth Day which was first observed world-wide with giant marches and rallies on April 22, 1970.  It took the energy and activism of the peace movement and anti-Vietnam War protests and gave people a new purpose.  It has generally been credited with reorienting  somewhat stodgy and human-use focused conservationism into a dynamic ecology movement.  It is still widely celebrated and has become a kind of semi-official holiday.  But it has often been co-opted and is used both by polluting mega corporations and thumb-twiddling governments as green washing and providing support for band aid personal activities like recycling to avoid deeper changes which would cut profits, re-order economies, and fundamentally change how we li...

Please join us on Saturday (22 April 2023) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes. This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching. Please note that this group is still meeting via Zoom.  You will need … Continue reading "Meditation with Larry Androes (22 April 2023)"

SianLuc Heart discusses the possible sources and scholarship for an ancient Celtic practicing of tattooing. Continue reading Investigating the evidence for ancient Celtic tattooing at The Wild Hunt.

By Priyanka Ray | In 2021, Beacon expanded our poetry program, adding both new and established poets to sit alongside the classic masters—including James Baldwin, Mary Oliver, and Sonia Sanchez—who have long been an essential part of our catalog. The series, Raised Voices, serves the overarching goals of raising marginalized voices and perspectives, publishing poems that affirm progressive values and are accessible to a wide readership, and celebrating poetry’s ability to access truth in a way no other form can.

A sermon preached before the March 5, 2023 congregational vote to adopt a new vision, mission, and covenant for the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston. The post Building the Beloved Community appeared first on Colin Bossen.

Sonja L. Cohen The film explores the lives and legal case of a group suing the federal government over climate change.

At the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan is the celebration of Eid al-Fitr. It is a day of sweetness and celebration, of charity towards those in need, and of seeking forgiveness for wrongs. Practice grace and generosity toward others today.

                                             Helen Hoyt in her years as Poetry magazine's Assistant Editor. Helen Hoyt , also known as Helen Lyman or Helen Hoyt Lyman   was born on January 22, 1887 in in Norwalk, Connecticut.   Her father was Henry M. Hoyt, Civil War officer and Governor of Pennsylvania. Her niece was Elinor Wylie, an American poet and novelist popular in the 1920s and 1930s.   Her younger brother, Morton McMichael Hoyt, married Eugenia Bankhead, sister of Tallulah Bankhead. Hoyt received her AB from Barnard College in 1909. The editors of Poetry , Harriet Monroe and Alice Corbin Henderson included in their 1917 selection for The New Poetry: An Anthology Poems by Helen Hoyt . According to Ad...

I’m no electrician, but when I ponder resistance, I continually hear in the back of my mind some old lesson from a physics class.  It’s about electricity and resistance.  My simple understanding is that as electricity tries to move through … Continue reading →

A Prayer for Nurturing an Earth Economy - Earth Day 2023 Honey of the Rock, we’re searching for sweetness amid so much catastrophe and change. We’re searching for refuge, for protection, for assurance that we will all be all right. Honey in the Rock, Shelter and Refuge, Rock of Our...

Controversy kicked up over the use of the Green Man on the coronation invitation. Our UK correspondent, Liz Williams, gives us the rundown from a Pagan perspective. Continue reading The Green Man and a Royal Row at The Wild Hunt.

By Brandon Johnson | In 2012 the CTU went on strike for the first time in twenty-five years. We prepared our members to take this step by, first, making the case that we could better protect our profession by defending public education and our children. Second, we put forward a real plan for what schools needed to look like, and we effectively identified those people, including the mayor, who stood in the way. Finally, we began to raise awareness of the inequities that many people said couldn’t be fixed but we refused to accept. As a result, our members realized that we needed to withhold our labor in order to beat back the mayor’s proposal that would hurt both teachers and students.

Ah, it’s true. When our ancestors spoke of heaven, they were speaking of this moment. When they went on about nirvana they imagined a time like this. When they sang of paradise, it was this morning they imagined. A time when all the mysteries of life and death are blended in a community of praise, … Continue reading Silence

Resistance has many connotations, but is neither good nor bad. Electricity needs resistance to create heat and do other useful things for us. Unrestricted or too much flow of electricity can do us serious harm if our bodies are what … Continue reading →

Jorge Carrera Andrade--distinguished Ecuadoran poet. Jorge Carrera Andrade was an Ecuadorian poet, historian, author, and diplomat of the 20th century. He was born in Quito, Ecuador in 1902 and died in 1978. During his life and after his death he has been recognized with Jorge Luis Borges, Vicente Huidobro, Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, and Cesar Vallejo as one of the most important Latin American poets. He was published in Aurora Estrada y Ayala’s literary magazine, Proteo which she started in 1922. Other contributors to the magazine included future Nobel Laureate Gabriela Mistral. From 1928 to 1933 Carrera first experienced traveling in Europe. He served as Ecuadorian Consul in Peru, France, Japan, and the United State...

Massachusetts had a state holiday two days ago, on Monday. No, this state holiday is not the Boston Marathon. No, this holiday is not the holiday which recognizes an obscure Revolutionary War event that just happens to fall on the same date as St. Patrick’s Day. No, this state holiday has nothing to do with … Continue reading "Happy Patriots’ Day"

I’m involved in an email thread at the moment. Everyone is very polite. I like everyone on the email thread. The thread has gotten pretty long. New people have been looped in. People in this email thread are carrying on email conversations on the same topic outside the thread. Result: lots of confusion. A couple … Continue reading "Email: curse / blessing?"