serendipitous
Serendipitous is a long word, but useful as it suggests flexibility and direct response to changing circumstances. It may be irksome to some teachers to have interruptions as they are trying to delive
Gratitude, Simplicity, and Service—3 Community-Centered Values for Addressing Climate Change
By Andreas Karelas | Based on the latest findings of positive psychology research, I suggest that, in order to address climate change, we need to cultivate different values—values that place a greater
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A Course In Miracles Workbook #227 - This is my holy instant of release.
Lesson #227 This is my holy instant of release. It is funny how we make things up thinking that our willfulness can gain us anything real separated from our Source. Once we see this behavior for wha
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Three For Earth Day—National Poetry Month 2021
Today is the 51st anniversary of Earth Day and as is our custom we celebrate with verse. We are featuring three very different poemsnew and old. Baron Wormser was born in 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland.
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tops
Yesterday I introduced my Kindergarten students to making tops. Each made one and then of course wanted to make more to share with their families. I have a small drill press set up for making wheels a
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Floating like a silver raft in space, and we see the face of our planet anew. We relish the view; We witness its round green and brilliant blue, Which inspires us to ask deeply, wholly: What can we do
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Research suggests the Gulf Stream is weakening
In recent years scientists have begun measuring the strength of the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic and have found it to be weakening, which has implications for how other environmental systems could be a
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From the UUA: We Speak George Floyd's Name
The UUA acknowledges the unprecedented guilty verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin and recommits to working in solidarity with Black leaders and organizers for accountability and justice. Continue re
“Ghost” Trees
Yesterday, I prepared a mix of kaolin clay and water, and sprayed all the branches of the peach and cherry trees in our little orchard. This is an organic solution to curculio insect pests, among some
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A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #226 - My home awaits me. I will hasten there.
Lesson #226 My home awaits me. I will hasten there. Now that we know we have a choice between the world of the ego and the world of Spirit, what are we waiting for? The things of the ego always even
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The freedom to be tomorrow what we are not today: “The newer testament—the Gospel according to this moment”—Becoming “Free Spirits” and “Archeologists of Morning”
Back in July 2016 I gave a talk at the “Sea of Faith” Annual Conference in which I tried to explore just what it is that I'm trying to do week by week, not only for members of the Cambridge Unitarian
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Covid and Refugees Performance Poem by Emi Mahmoud—National Poetry Month 2021
Emi Mahmoud at the Individual World Poetry Slam Championships. When this blog first took notice of Emi Mahmoud for our National Poetry Month series in 2016 she was a Yale senior who was bornin Darfur
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Sunset
“Caint no one know at sunrise, how this day is going to end. Caint no one know at sunset if the next day will begin.” -Sweet Honey in the Rock, from “Spiritual,” lyrics by Ysaye M. Barnwell What are y
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The Roaring 20s Are Starting Now – For Better or For Worse
The economy is booming and many people are making party plans for when the Covid-19 pandemic is over. Only they’re not waiting for the pandemic to be over. Season 2 of the Roaring 20s is starting now,
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This Mutual Struggle
Tuli Patel May we be with one another in solidarity and struggle. Continue reading "This Mutual Struggle"
Verdict
I don’t know about you, but I’m relieved that the jury in the Derek Chauvin trial took less than a day to reach a verdict of guilty on all counts. This was such a clearcut case of murder. But you know
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EBWA 2020-2021 Program Calendar
EBWA calendar 2020-2021 Evening Branch of the Women’s Alliance Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady 1221 Wendell Avenue, Schenectady NY All women are welcome Sept. 24 “Mayan Women Artisan
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Making a sloyd trivet
Today I introduced the lower elementary students at the Clear Spring School to the new work bench to be used in their classroom. Grady made a sloyd trivet. He didn't know or care what a sloyd trivet w