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All the Beautiful People

From creative friend and fellow blogger Denise Gainey. Moving words full of compassion, grace and acceptance, all of which we need to raise up even more in these troubled times

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by on August 16, 2017  •  Permalink
Posted in Guest Posts, Making a difference, Social activism
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 16, 2017

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Becoming Conscious

So fellow travelers,  have you ever committed to do something and afterwards realized you have no idea how you are going to pull it off? Smith Rock State Park, Oregon In one of my first posts of this year, I wrote about not allowing fear and anger to cloud compassion.  Compassion fuels kindness and kindness […]

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by on February 21, 2017  •  Permalink
Posted in Photography, Social activism, The quest for Inner Peace, Zen Moments
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on February 21, 2017

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From Chaos to Hope

“Heaven has no fury like the Great Mother scorned.”                                                                                         Vera deChalambert : […]

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by on February 12, 2017  •  Permalink
Posted in Photography, Social activism
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on February 12, 2017

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Leading Edge of the Storm

So fellow travelers, this is my view as I head to the morning rally at the Federal Building downtown.  Ours is one of hundreds of rallies and marches in support of the Womens March on Washington DC. All over the world, people of all genders, ethnicities and faiths are gathering in support of women’s rights, civil […]

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by on January 21, 2017  •  Permalink
Posted in Making a difference, Photography, Sisterhood and friendships, Social activism
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on January 21, 2017

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Stand Up

“We believe kindness cannot sit down simply because anger has stood up.”  Penzeys* So fellow travelers, recent dialogues on various social media forums has given rise to much conflict.  There’s been some collateral damage, fractured relationships and unraveling of connections. Yet within my own circle of close friends and family, we seem to have weathered […]

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by on January 17, 2017  •  Permalink
Posted in Family and relationships, Making a difference, Photography, Sisterhood and friendships, Social activism
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on January 17, 2017

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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 […]

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by on November 20, 2016  •  Permalink
Posted in Making a difference, Social activism
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on November 20, 2016

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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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by on November 13, 2016  •  Permalink
Posted in Creative Tribe, Guest Posts, Social activism, The quest for Inner Peace
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on November 13, 2016

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… on ‘we’, the people

I’m with Dingle.

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by on November 11, 2016  •  Permalink
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Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on November 11, 2016

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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 […]

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by on November 9, 2016  •  Permalink
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Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on November 9, 2016

https://dhrahalski86.com/aftermath/

Gorillas, rhetorical fences and the anesthetic of blame

Insight, balance, well spoken post on the much discussed events of last week from writer, outdoors adventurer and friend Jennifer Bowman

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by on June 3, 2016  •  Permalink
Posted in Guest Posts, Social activism, Uncategorized
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on June 3, 2016

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