Political Action

The Woodstock Generation: Vietnam, Jail, or Canada

244 “I don’t want to move to Canada,” I said to my boyfriend Vic in 1967. “I don’t want to move either, but I don’t want to go to a war I don’t believe in or go

What Can We Do about the Mess We’re In?

On October 16, 2018 / Nature, Political Action / 10 Comments

Under cover of night, hundreds of migrant children were moved to tent encampments surrounded by high metal fences in the Texas desert. How is it OK to jail children and separate them from their parents? Can you

The Power of Witnessing: Lessons from Quakers & Life

On July 10, 2018 / Political Action / 21 Comments

80 “The world is only as fair as you can make it. Takes a lot of fight. A lot of fight. But if you stay in here, in your little cave, that’s one less fighter on the

The Estrogen Empire Strikes Back: Seneca Falls Women’s March, 1/20/18

On January 23, 2018 / Nature, Political Action / 30 Comments

We drove along the west side of Cayuga Lake toward Seneca Falls, NY, the site of the Women’s Rights National Historical Park where the first Women’s Rights Convention met in 1848. One year ago, Jane and Roger

Have They Forgotten They Are Mortal? Lessons from Hecate

On March 21, 2017 / Political Action, Psychology and Mythology / 39 Comments

928 The Greek Goddess Hecate has a witchy reputation—wild broomstick rides in the night, warts on her nose, and poison brews, but it wasn’t always like that. In ancient Greece, she was a revered, beautiful Goddess associated with

Interdependence

On January 31, 2017 / Bereavement and End of Life, Political Action, Spirituality / 27 Comments

I should have known sorrow would flood my heart. I should have known grief would grab my belly and soak my face. I should have known I’d search the crowd for my dead husband’s smile. I should have known

Giving Hope a Seat Between Anxiety and Grief: Women’s March on Washington

On January 24, 2017 / Nature, Political Action / 36 Comments

Women, girls, kids, and men in pink hats and scarves jammed the Washington Metro subway. A joyful and determined pink mob pressed together and helped each other find a place to stand or sit. Each stop added

The Girl Who Believed in Good Government

On November 15, 2016 / Political Action, Psychology and Mythology / 31 Comments

105 On election night, I went to bed before 10 p.m. My breath was shallow. My belly tight. Reading didn’t help. I got up and took Ambien. Damn this election and the fear-mongering headlines. I awoke at 2

Why I’ll Vote for Hillary Clinton

On October 25, 2016 / Political Action / 27 Comments

368 My college years began with the assassination of John Kennedy in 1963. In 1968, the year after I graduated, Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were assassinated. The world felt threatening and unstable. A lot like now. I

After Dallas: Facing My Shadow

On July 12, 2016 / Political Action, Psychology and Mythology / 22 Comments

“These aren’t marijuana plants,” the policeman said to his partner. He bent down to inspect a second tray of tomato seedlings I was growing outside and frowned. “These aren’t marijuana plants either.” He slowly shook his head with disappointment. They searched the outside of our