Without naming the genocides that have happened—and continue to happen—towards the Indigenous peoples of America for 500+ years…celebrating freedom is thin, insensitive, and quite hypocritical. May we face and learn, understand and integrate our history, so we can contribute to the collective healing and teach future generations to make wiser and more peaceful choices.
Photo from www.Native-Land.ca.
Read MoreAnd a little vision came to me. Can you imagine what's going to happen when we are finally free to ‘move about the cabin’? Can you JUST IMAGINE the explosion of art and creativity we will some day experience? Can you imagine how FUN it will be?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLgc0swPnSdiISj_Bla-ChCa93B8d6Yb8o&time_continue=9&v=kbJcQYVtZMo&feature=emb_logo
Read MoreI sat down on my couch this evening, unmotivated and procrastinating on my writing. Instead of being hard on myself, though, I decided to just have a little chat with my younger writer, to show her how far I have come and how much I have learned. Thirty-nine lessons for my younger self about writing.
Photo by Karina Lago on Unsplash
Read MoreIn these incredibly turbulent political times into which doom and gloom is easy to slip, I encourage you to have conversations with people and focus on the question, “What else is possible?” Even if you don’t know much, start a conversation with friends or colleagues and bumble through.
Photo by Parker Johnson on Unsplash
Read MoreAnd as I watched the video this morning, I realized that this woman, Yazmin Jurez, was speaking directly to our government. And people in our government were listening. And if she can speak truth to power, what can I do, too?
Photo by Robert Hickerson on Unsplash
Read More
