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A Radical Joy for Hard Times practice of connecting to the wounded land Presented by Harriet Sams and Sasha Daucus Zoom calls on Thursdays—April 29, May 13, May 27, June 10, and June 24— 12 [...]
RadJoy’s Newsletter Takes to the Cloud
Newsletter #25, January 2021 Uplook: The RadJoy Newsletter Taking to the Cloud It's been a while since we've sent out a RadJoy Newsletter. And those of you who have received it in the past may [...]
Global Day of Mourning Featured in Forbes Magazine blog
It goes without saying that the majority of people around the world were ready to say goodbye to 2020 last week. In embracing 2021, many took to social media, posting images and quotes about their [...]
Beauty and Terror
Polly Howells of Glenford, New York writes of her confrontation with two great forces: For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, which we are still [...]
“Affection for an Unwelcome Guest”—Our Global Day of Mourning
“How do we stay in affectionate relationship with an unwelcome guest?” mused Francis Weller. The unwelcome guest he was referring to is COVID-19, and Weller, author of The Wild Edge of Sorrow, was speaking on the [...]
The Cure for COVID is Medicine for the Earth
A recent edition of Toronto’s Globe and Mail featured an article with a bold, yet fundamentally obvious point of view: curing COVID will take more than a vaccine; it demands a new relationship with the Earth. The [...]
RadJoy Practice at the Crossroads (Literally)
The ultimate goal of Radical Joy for Hard Times is that all places on Earth be loved and cared for. To that end, we recommend engaging regularly in the RadJoy Practice of finding and making beauty in [...]
Bring Light!
Monday, December 21, was the Winter Solstice. Each day now the light will slowly begin to arrive earlier and linger longer. And, oh, we are desperate for light now on this planet! We struggle to [...]
Make Beauty This Season (Don’t Buy It)
T’is is the season for gift-giving. But this is a year like no other— so why give gifts the same way we always did? Many small shops have had to close, whereas the big chain [...]
