What is a “worthwhile action”?
What constitutes a “worthwhile action” when the whole of Earth is sick and wounded, when people are so without a sense of place they are willing to set what passes for theirs on fire? So, [...]
Centered at Home
This year, I placed the Radical Joy banner on our front door along with the "welcome but keep your distance" sign and a heart from Montpelier's annual Valentine Phantom who leaves hearts ALL OVER Montpelier. [...]
High Hope Ranch Global Earth Exchange
Here is a sequence from High Hope for our 7th year in participation with the Global Earth Exchange… A full group was gathered; folks from Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex who came for a Solstice [...]
Radical Joy in Coronavirus Hard Times
As the world goes crazy about the coronavirus—and even crazier about succumbing the panic of the coronavirus—it's time to look both outward at the effect the disease is having on the Earth and inward to [...]
Radical Beauty for Holiday Hard Times
Many people get sad during the holiday season. All that rampant, excessive holiday promo about love and family, cheer and gift-giving makes us feel that the whole world is imbued with generosity and kindness, whereas [...]
Giving Voice to Heart
When we approach a damaged place for the first time, we often feel anxious. We worry that our grief about what has happened to this river, this wetland, this old neighborhood will be so overwhelming [...]
The Moment the South Breeze Blew
It was a sweltering summer afternoon. My husband had had a recent accident and was in a lot of pain, and I was worried about him. To make matters worse, I was scheduled to leave [...]
The Occasional Beauty of Barbed Wire
The land we were on for our wilderness rites of passage program is private land with a logging history. There is a big tumble of rusted, old barbed wire right near basecamp. So on June [...]
