I’ve begun to paint the interior of our house. In so many ways this is a 3 dimensional metaphor of the sabbatical itself. When I think of how wonderful it will be as it’s accomplished, I’m delighted. But when I think of moving, cleaning, repairing, organizing, sorting, learning how to fix, etc- it’s almost too much to begin. Organizing […]
So, what would be a good beginning to a sabbatical, a sabbatical for rest and to change highly productive and very unhealthy habits of over-work? Travel. So, best to marry someone from a warmer place and go home for the holidays and someone in the midst of his second masters (tuition-free) who has to bunch his vacation […]
SABBATICAL CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF TRAUMA WORK
Jan 14 Putney Friends Mtg QUIT Update Putney, VT Feb 2-4 Eugene Friends Meeting Annual Winter Retreat, Eugene, OR Feb 5 Dragonfly Adventures Stress Reduction Klamath Falls, OR Feb 5 Klamath Falls Friends Church QUIT Update Klamath Falls, OR March 5-9 Pendle Hill Rest the Body, In the Light Wallingford, PA March 15 Friends […]
January 14 Putney Friends Mtg The Quaker Initiative to End Torture QUIT Putney, VT February 2-4 Eugene Friends Meeting Annual Winter Retreat Eugene, OR February 5 Dragonfly Adventures Stress Reduction Klamath Falls, OR February 5 Klamath Falls Friends Church QUIT Update Klamath Falls, OR March 5-9 Pendle Hill Rest the Body, Live in the […]
Dear Friends, I write this while preparing for my last few trips of this year and remembering trips over the last 25 years. The numbers surprise even me – 35 states, 4 countries, 5 prisons, 11 yearly meetings, 21 years teaching at Friends General Conference Gathering and Pendle Hill, with innumerable rape survivors, people with […]
On Netflix we recently very much enjoyed- Queens – Spanish film about several gay couples getting married in Spain and their crazy families. Legacy – photos of Native Americans from 1890-1920, music background, no narration, quite lovely in a sad sweet way to see what life was like Overheard at the Putney Post Office today- […]
Through the open window the sounds of life come in all night long. There’s a freight train about 1 AM that can only be heard by keeping still and both ears unblocked by pillow and blankets. There’s a parliament of owls who appear at times during the day and are quite large. The summer […]
Here’s my mother’s tomato sauce recipe below for you gardeners with some extras on the vine. Hope this finds all very well and life good. Carmela’s Spaghetti Sauce-Peel, seed, and chop 10 large tomatoes-Cover the bottom of a stock pot with olive oil and bring to a simmer.-Peel and finely slice 3 large garlic cloves […]
Wading down the slope from our little home, the weeds and shrubs thriving in summer heat, the small paths made by deer and others, I come to the grove of 30 High Bush Blueberry plants all now taller than me. High Bush Blueberries were commercially bred here in Putney 30 years ago at the nursery […]