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War and Peace
Friday April 30, 2010
“All we are say-ing / Is give peace a chance,” John Lennon and Yoko Ono bleat over the classic rock station on my car stereo. The DJ’s choice is merely incidental, but May will once again be Peace Month in my neighborhood, and a whole calendar of events is prepared—parent-child discussions, fundraising, and loads of other conflict-prevention-oriented family activities....
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Almost Summer
Thursday April 29, 2010
Many of my best feelings in spring are because of summer. Thawed, the spring breeze kisses the skin instead of biting it. In Mississippi, by the time the azaleas have reached their full (albeit transitory) pomp and circumstance, the sun-drenched days feel as unreal as if conjured out of a Technicolor dream sequence. It feels like Brigadoon. I’ve been sending pictures of the mist in my....
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What’s in a Name
Wednesday April 28, 2010
“Change name” has been on my to-do list since my wedding day, October 2, 2004. With a new baby coming, a new list was made, and I moved the errand once more to the top. It suddenly seemed terribly important to me to have the same name as my husband and children. Plus my Indiana driver’s license was due to....
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A Different Kind of Lent
Tuesday April 27, 2010
Lent began this year as it always does for me, with that feeling of “how’d we get here so fast?” Every year, Ash Wednesday arrives with the slightly panicked awareness that I’d better make a plan—fast—if I don’t want to be caught like the bridesmaids who ran out of oil. As a girl, I somehow had the idea....
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Nature, Alone
Monday April 26, 2010
Scott Russell Sanders and Kathleen Dean Moore shared a stage at the recently concluded Calvin Festival of Faith and Writing. Essayists of considerable skill who share delight in and concern for Creation, the two graced their audience with an hour of wisdom and good words. Among their observations was one I hadn’t considered: profound encounters with the natural world are almost always related as individual, rather than....
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