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Captured by the Mother Archetype
Anthony Damiani soon realized that the students who had gathered around him to learn meditation and philosophy needed…
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Wild Nights: A New Year’s Gift
A New Year's gift of night skies and poems of joy and hope. Photos labeled "at…
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Unintended Consequences, Unexpected Gifts
First the old car had to be replaced, the one Vic and I bought before he…
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Winter Solstice: In the Midst of Darkness, There is Light
Lighting one candle from another - Winter night. ~Yosa Buson When I was a kid,…
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Ask the Heart What It Wants
“Vic was a skilled and entertaining teacher,” I say to my dream therapist after watching…
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“I Am Because You Are”: Community and Compassion
“I watched Vic talking on YouTube earlier today,” Deborah Gregory, poet and Jungian writer at…
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Goodbye to the Generous Garden
Every fall, I decide it's silly to grow vegetables. It takes too much time. It isn't…
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We Are Not Alone: A Community Ritual of Remembrance
I arrive at the Unitarian Fellowship in Big Flats, NY a little early on Sunday…
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Disbelief
"Embrace your grief. For there, your soul will grow." Carl Jung Yesterday my husband's mom looked…
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The Woman Wants Red
I drove blindfolded or without headlights at night. I lost my way without a map…