Tag Archives: Compassionate Earth
The Most Useful Thing
I woke up this morning with the thought: “Is this the most useful thing I can be doing?” I spend a lot of time on the farm – taking care of it, thinking about it, managing people who work with … Continue reading
What thoughts are for – some thoughts
Visiting my teacher’s temple, I sit with others for two hours each morning. This is a wonderful opportunity and I am grateful. And this morning, as the second period drew to a close, I noticed that I had not been … Continue reading
After Veterans’ Day
Yesterday, November 11, was Veterans’ Day in the United States, and Armistice Day in Europe. In Britain they honored the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I with poppies – 900,000 poppies for the 900,000 military – human … Continue reading
the flaming leaves and sacred spaces
There was a poem I memorized in high school. From memory: Thy winds, thy wide gray skies, thy mists that roll and rise, thy woods, this autumn day, that sag and all but cry with color, that gaunt crag to … Continue reading
Personal comments after trip
September 7, 2012 It’s over a week since I came home. So much has come in – information, places, people, ideas, kindnesses, concerns – that it’s hard to decide what to write. And I’ve needed to settle in a bit … Continue reading
Notes from Unis’tot’en Action Camp
After two weeks of traveling, I want to offer some brief impressions of the Unis’tot’en Action Camp. I wrote these notes Saturday night, several hours after leaving the camp. The first thing to note is that the Unistoten never signed … Continue reading
Compassionate Earth 