Author: John Calvi

Something new is going on inside that I want to tell you about.  I have this kind of slow almost sneaky feeling that my life has never been better.  If I read this script ahead of time I would expect to feel unworthy or cautious.  But I think what I am feeling is surprise that […]

Thanks for this funny and wonderful posting.  Yes, Eva Mondon  is one of our infamous Lesbian Quakers here in Putney, Vermont.  I’ve passed this story on to her.  Eva would love to offer civil union to more couples, especially lesbian, as a Justice of the Peace.  She is not only famous in Putney Meeting as […]

Thanks for your note.  Good question.  A couple of thoughts come to mind.  Of course, I can barely speak for myself and don’t pretend to speak for others but here’s what occurs to me on first wonder.  On the one hand, there are petitions coming through other channels- NGLTF etc.  So there is political response […]

I love and agree with all of Joe’s message.  I also want to add that Quakerism is rarely an either or proposition regarding Quietism or action.  And that there are personal cycles, which also will help us choose how we will respond.  And there is also the long term development and unfolding of ones spiritual […]

A snowy day here in Putney Vermont.  A week ago, at Mid-winter gathering in New Mexico, it was warmish and sunny.  Marshall and I took a stroll up on a trail into Box Canyon.  The colors of the mesas change with the sun’s movement.  It was so wonderfully different from New England.  The sky was […]

I had a dream recently that I wanted to share.  It made me very happy.  I had been chosen to sing with Sweet Honey in the Rock.  Short of finding out that I am Joni Mitchell and Pete Seeger’s love child, it was the best of story lines.  I came out on to the stage […]