poetry wednesday : all the hemispheres
All the Hemispheres By Hafiz Leave the familiar for a while. Let your senses and bodies stretch out Like a welcomed season Onto the meadows and shores and hills. Open up to the Roof. Make a new water-mark on your excitement And love. Like a blooming night flower, Bestow your …
tuesday reads.
This week, I’m reading Half of a Yellow Sun by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The novel takes place in Nigeria during the Nigerian-Biafran War in 1967-1970 and shows the effect of the war through the dynamic relationships of four people’s lives. It makes me want to read other works …
your daily rock : speak up
I am going to let the words of the powerful Audre Lord lead us in speaking up: “I was going to die, sooner or later, whether or not I had even spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you.… What are the words you …
your daily rock : ignore what people say
“…here’s what I’ve learned – people will hurt you, but you don’t have to respond – not every mean comment or cruel act deserves to be noticed …” -John Geddes, A Familiar Rain One of Don Miguel Ruiz’ Four Agreements is this: “Don’t Take Anything Personally.” This is a practice …
your daily rock. naps = good
Sleep is the best meditation. -Dalai Lama I’m with the Dalai Lama on this one. Curl up for a nice nap as soon as you can. The world needs more well rested, meditative, peaceful energy in it. Put clean sheets on your bed and enjoy the coolness of them. Can …
your daily rock : feel the rhythm
“Now this is very profound, what rhythm is, and goes far deeper than words. A sight, an emotion, creates this wave in the mind, long before it makes words to fit it…” –Virginia Woolf Our lives have rhythms to them, but because we are addicted to words, we can’t …
your daily rock : get messy!
“Neatness, madam, has nothing to do with the truth. The truth is quite messy, like a wind blown room.” ?William J. Harris One afternoon last year, I picked Tess up from school and her pants were covered in dirt. Her teacher walked over to me and apologized that Tess was …
thinking thursday.
mind I identified greatly with this story. In large part, this is why we are now unschooling Tess. I’m so excited about this gathering for adults with autism being hosted by two of the people who diagnosed Tess with Asperger’s. It is going to be amazing. If you know adults …
your daily rock : create your own tribe
“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.” ? Kurt Vonnegut We are tribal creatures, at our best in moments of healthy community and connection—those structures …
