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Monthly Archives: November 2024
Lessons From The Mountain
This week I spend a few nights at The Mountain Retreat and Learning Center outside Highlands, North Carolina. After all that’s happened in recent months, I need some fresh perspective. I need some soul repair. From the moment I catch … Continue reading
Communities of Coherence
When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaoshave the capacity to shift the entiresystem to a higher order. Illya Prigogine–Nobel Laureate I’ve been captured by this quotation for a couple of weeks … Continue reading
Repair in a Brand New Way
Once a sweater has a hole, it can never be returned to its previous state. But it could be improved on. Personalized by a custom patch or colorful darn. What about a relationship with a hole torn in it? You … Continue reading
Repair in 100 Years
I’ve been listening to Krista Tippet’s interview with adrienne maree brown entitled “On Radical Imagination and Moving Toward Life.” I have to listen in small segments, in part because that’s how my driving and listening while running errands works, and … Continue reading
Responsibility for the Cycle of Repair
Fabric is very difficult to make. You have to harvest fiber plants or shear fiber from animals. You have to clean the fiber based on the type of fabric (boll it for cotton, thrash it for flax, skirt and wash … Continue reading
Cleaning the Chaos
I think I’ve been angry this last week; no, I know I’ve been angry. I’m so angry about the way society is going, a deep rift, a chasm, a crack is growing across the hearts of many people. I know … Continue reading
No Small Thing
Before we can repair our broken selves, first we have to believe it’s even possible. That is no small thing. During the worst time of my life, I struggled just to imagine, much less believe in, the possibility of healing. … Continue reading