Right in sync, as often happens, Tom’s piece gives me insights I needed. Perfect followup up to my recent posts.
Uncomfortable. Different. Progress.
Deborah H Rahalski
Freedom’s Song: Welcome All
So fellow travelers, back home from our Thanksgiving road trip, snuggled on the couch with our dog as a curtain of lake effect rain falls from the steel grey sky. “Lake effect rain” is our local weather team’s reminder it would be snowing if the temperatures were colder. As in : keep those snow shovels …
Deborah H Rahalski
Sanctuary Song
So fellow travelers, today we celebrate Thanksgiving a holiday dedicated to my two favorite things in life: family and food. This morning I took our dog out for a good long walk before heading on the road to dinner at my brother’s house. He’s set an essential rule this year : “Please leave all politics …
Deborah H Rahalski
To hear or not to hear
So fellow travelers, fair warning, this is long and it is about the recent election here in America. Hope, like a late season water lily, waiting to bloom. Politics is not something I have not written about, at least not directly. It has not been possible to post anything related to this election without becoming a target for …
Deborah H Rahalski
Living with Volcanoes
So fellow travelers, many of us feel we are living on shaky ground these days. It’s unnerving because even if we have not yet been directly affected, I expect the majority of my readers know someone who already has been. For the past five days I have been working my way through waves of confusion, …
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… on ‘we’, the people
I’m with Dingle.
Deborah H Rahalski
Aftermath
So fellow travelers, now is when we must reach out, stay strong and hold fast to all we value and believe. I am heart broken but I will not be silent. We are better than this outcome. We are stronger than anger, we are smarter than ignorance. We will not give in to darkness. We must …