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Beltane 2013 – union and loneliness

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

Beltane fell on a Wednesday this year. It’s my favorite holiday, but even though it is a holiday of union, this year it leaves me feeling rather lonely. On Sunday I’d intended to rise early and make the trip across the river … Continue reading →

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Mother Lil’s Jesus

Posted on February 1, 2010 by

“Try my Jesus,” she said. “My Jesus is your Jesus.” She had the warm, rounded curves of a mature Jamaican woman. She wore white — white tunic, white pants, a white head wrap. Her name was Mother Lil. When I … Continue reading →

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Care for the body, care for the soul

Posted on January 26, 2010 by

This quotation from the Daily Dharma illustrates my belief that the physical and the spiritual are inextricably connected. As we learn to honor the divinity inherent in our bodies and the physical world, the old teachings that denigrate women for … Continue reading →

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Open letter to Garrison Keillor

Posted on December 20, 2009 by

Dear Mr. Keillor: I am writing in response to your recent article in Salon.com (http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/garrison_keillor/2009/12/15/cambridge/index.html), which excoriated my home church of First Parish Cambridge (Unitarian Universalist), and the Unitarian Universalist faith in general. I have been a loyal listener of … Continue reading →

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Tuesday’s namesake: Tyr

Posted on October 20, 2009 by

Norse God of single combat: heroic, courageous, and honest. In the eyes of a Wall Street city slicker, slightly stupid, since he’s suppressed his basic survival instinct in the name of honor. No doubt it gets him more chicks, though. … Continue reading →

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Protected: Respect my authorita!

Posted on October 4, 2008 by

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Tuesday five

Posted on September 30, 2008 by

Had a good, productive day at the (home) office. Killer cramps meant I didn’t feel like a human being until around 10am, but thanks to the miracle of technology (if we don’t understand how it works, does that mean it’s … Continue reading →

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How to become a professional programmer

Posted on September 26, 2008 by

Man, if someone had given me this list back in 1996, I’d have crawled under a rock or gone back to being a secretary. Sometimes you’ve just got to be like Snoopy and fly because no one said you couldn’t. … Continue reading →

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Happy Battle of Hastings Day

Posted on September 22, 2008 by

One of the most important events in the evolution of the English language was the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D., the victory of the Normans over the native Anglo-Saxon tribes of what is now Britain. There’s an excellent explanation … Continue reading →

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Sadness comes apart in the water

Posted on July 21, 2008 by

I met up with some of my circle sisters last Thursday night at the Forest Hills Lantern Festival. There are actually about three different events of this type in Jamaica Plain every year. It’s inspired by a Japanese Buddhist tradition … Continue reading →

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