This summer, I haven’t been able to spend as much time as I’m used to spending at my family’s lake house on Cape Cod. After weeks away at conferences, I could feel the siren song of the lake drawing me for miles ahead of my arrival. When I arrived, though, … Read the rest
Deep down, the return, where the Mississippi flows so close to the sea. A great, miraculous journey. A turning. A deep cleansing breath in the water, here where there is an abandoned oil rig. Where journals were kept, money was made and the earth was extracted from. Where humans lived … Read the rest
A Rabbit. A Rat. A Guinea Pig. Crushed. Drowned. Botched Surgery. Each gathered. Buried. Welcomed by Cedar and Locust.
Brilliant green drapes the sky Aerial silk for acrobatic Crow. Stellar Jay. Sturdy trapeze for leaping Squirrels. Curvaceous limbs extend a wide berth for Raccoon Mama. Kits. Child. Seed cones dangle … Read the rest
Sand is rock that is ground more finely than gravel, found on beaches and in deserts. A dune is a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans. A dune can be completely void of “life” that we can see… … Read the rest
The Earth is crying fretful as a newborn, she wails of hunger, of soiled limbs, and I hear her as I toss and turn at night.
She demands my attention by day, each one hotter than the last, skin of dirt and lips both cracking with what we’ve cooked up, … Read the rest
trees are rare and precious, none seen elsewhere in the known universe our predecessors slinked out of the water to make new life on land I shed 10 sextillion atoms with every breath
then they become you
we are all fish, after all the boundaries between living things, a mirage … Read the rest
We are almost born into the idea that we “own” things. As infants or toddlers, beware of competing for possession of our blankies or stuffed animals! Growing older comes with more extensive possessions, clothing, electronics, collectibles. Adulthood enables us to add to what we “own,” cars, homes, property, businesses, and … Read the rest
Pollution is Colonialism by Max Liboiron confines its scope to plastic pollution, but much of what it says is applicable to other forms of pollution. It is also informative about how to approach teshuva.
Liboiron (Red River Metis) runs the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR) at Memorial … Read the rest
At AJR’s fall retreat, I attended sessions with Rabbi Bronwen Mullin, and she shared the concept of “grounding,” which means having contact with the earth–dirt and grass–against our bare skin. It makes sense. Thirty-five years ago, as a nursing mother, I was told to hold my son against my breast … Read the rest
אבני קדש
מאת הרב לואיס פוליסון נכתב לאחר ביקור במרכז ריטריטים ע׳׳ש איזבלה פרידמן, קונטיקט, ארצות ילידיים של שבטי סקאטיקוק ומוהיקן י״ט–כ״א בְּאָב תשפ״ה
תִּשְׁתַּפֵּכְנָה אַבְנֵי־קֹדֶשׁ בראש כל לב
אבני קודש הם גם יכולים להיות יסודות מתקנים וממתיקים את שבירת הכלים שברית הלב אין משהו יותר שלם
סימנים מגלים את … Read the rest
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