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Then and Now

As we sometimes do, we recently had the TV on in the background as we went about doing other things at home. The show that was playing was The Waltons. As most know, this is the story of a multigenerational family that lived in rural Virginia in the 1930’s and 40’s. As per usual, the eldest son John Boy, read the introduction to the episode. And, for some reason, it garnered our attention so much that we stopped what we were doing to listen. John Boy read on, “In the late spring of 1940 our world on Waltons Mountain was very quiet and uneasy. For the first time ever, people stopped work in the daytime to turn on the radio.…

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December 15, 2023

Peace

Compassion Please

We don’t think that it is well known that November is Native American Heritage Month and that the day after our American Thanksgiving is Native American Heritage Day. We would bet that most people think of the day after Thanksgiving as Black Friday. Black Friday, for some time, has marked the beginning of the holiday buying season. The reality is that many Native Americans see Thanksgiving as a day of mourning and protest since it commemorates the arrival of settlers in North America and the centuries of opposition and genocide that followed. Today, as we look back to the history of our America, we see a country riveted with a history of violence and war. Back in 1968, the U.S.…

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December 15, 2023

Social Justice

Another Year to Go

Maggie recalls as a young child back in November 1960 when the presidential race was won by John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic President. She clearly remembers that her father and grandfather were glued to the TV set that evening following dinner during which would have normally been dessert time. And that night, a birthday cake! Being a child, Maggie, understandably was more concerned about the timing of her birthday cake than about politics. That kind of focus on self is a childhood characteristic that most grow out of in time, thank goodness. There is something about birthdays in general that sets a mark in time, your own time. For a moment you may realize that you have survived on…

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November 11, 2023

Social Justice

Like A Good Friend

We recently took some time off to contemplate life and the state of the world. As we did, this country experienced yet another mass shooting in Andrea’s beloved State of Maine. Despite this and the death of all those ensnared in previous mass shootings, lawmakers remain frozen in place and not able, once again, to change the rules to protect the innocent. Once again, the new GOP offered prayer and a moment of silence as their solution. This type of inaction does not help the grieving families or those yet to become victims of sniper rifles and weapons of war here at home. We ask, what does a moment of silence mean if not followed by action? We naively did…

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November 7, 2023

Peace / Social Justice

In Sorrow

We put all of our other writing aside to express our sorrow today for the people of Israel. We can’t say it loudly enough that we ardently support the Jewish people. Today, we received an alert from a friend who served in the Israeli Army who asked us to share this with our Jewish friends. The warning is: Friends and Family Outside of Israel One of the Hamas Leaders, Khaled Meshal, appealed to all Muslims of the world to “arrange a real Pogrom for the Jews.” The date of the “worldwide Jewish Pogrom” has been announced – Friday, October 13. BE SMART, BE VIGILANT, BE SAFE. We read this in horror and immediately did send this to…

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November 7, 2023

Social Justice

Lord of the Lies

It is amazing how literature can predict and reflect real life. In 1954, William Golding wrote a gem of a novel that was a depiction of societal power and cruelty. The novel, also made into a movie in 1963, has been the eighth most frequently banned book in schools due to language and violence. The hailed work of fiction is filled with bullying and some pro-slavery ideology. It is a chilling story that was called a display of the dark side of human nature and was deemed to be fearsomely realistic. The novel details a crisis caused initially by war and a subsequent plane crash, leaving only a group of schoolboys to survive on a stranded island. Left to fend…

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November 7, 2023

Peace

If Only for a Minute

Alice Pearce was born an only child in October of 1917 in New York City. When she was nine, while playing in a park on a swing, she lost her grip, slipping out of the swing, and painfully landing on her chin. The impact was so intense that the growth of her chin was permanently affected. Her parents turned to a variety of dentists and bone specialists but there was nothing more they could do for her. The fall from the swing would leave her with a devastating undeveloped chin. Later, when Alice graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1940, she said, “When I got to Sarah Lawrence, I looked in the mirror one day. I took inventory of myself.…

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September 23, 2023

Peace

Not Just a Pink Show

We wouldn’t want much time to go by without reflecting on the Barbie movie. Yes, the Barbie movie! We must admit, at first we were Barbie snobs. Looking back, Maggie never owned a Barbie doll and Andrea tried to dress like one but preferred her Roy Rodgers ranch. That being said, for some time we were not interested in seeing the Barbie movie. But at last, we got the bug to go after the initial hordes of viewers dressed in pink quieted down. As we arrived at the theater, a group of middle-aged women, all dressed in pink, were exiting. All were smiling and giggling like schoolgirls sporting that Barbie glow. With no expectations and Andrea dressed in a pink…

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September 10, 2023

Climate Change / Peace

Everything We Own Is Wrinkled

The world is shifting. This we believe is the biggest shift in humanity in modern times. Bigger than the industrial revolution, the invention of the indoor toilet, the refrigerator, the washer and dryer, and the TV. The current shift is that of morality and of conscience - a shift in the basic function of the human brain. It is retrogression disguised as evolution and one that is pushing humans back in time and in thinking rather than forward. It is a movement fueled by a lure to power and greed which is creating a separation from the essential human connection with others and with the earth. It is a movement that is creating a void, a robotic chill, accompanied by…

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September 10, 2023

Social Justice

The Thug

For those of us waiting for Trump to be prosecuted, found guilty, thrown in the slammer, let’s remember one thing, he has already lost. He is a lonely, unstable, sick man with friends now only at the bottom of the barrel, many of who have themselves committed crimes and spent time in jail. He is a forlorn person whose followers seek attention and reflect his personality and behavior. He is not esteemed by any person of class or true notoriety. Trump has lived his entire life sentencing himself to Hell by his own actions and there he will reign. And for those who want Trump to be seen as another Jesus, another Jesus on the cross, so be it. Looking…

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September 10, 2023

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