Colette—Shocking and Irresistible
Colette in 1886 by Jacques Hubert. I admit it. The big reason I picked the birthday of French novelist, sexual adventuress, and outsized personality Colette to write about is so I could post the semi-
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Inefficiently Yours
Reading: Wendell Berry’s Manifesto: Mad Farmer Liberation Front Sermon: Inefficiently Yours Every day this week, I had at least one package on my front porch when I got home. Every day. At least o
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Pagan Community Notes: Petition for national St. Brigid holiday in Ireland, “witch bottle” found in Va., Machu Picchu vandalized and more!
In this week's Pagan Community Notes, a new petition for a national St. Brigid holiday in Ireland, a "witch bottle" has found in Va., Machu Picchu vandalized by tourists, an ancient Egyptian priest sp
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Daily Bread #95
Gold stars. We got them (or at least I did) on our spelling tests when we were kids. I never got one for handwriting and am grateful for my computer now as my handwriting is still terrible. This nei
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THE MYSTERIES OF LOVE: The Three Eras of Universalism
The Mysteries of Love The Three Eras of Universalism A version of this was first delivered at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim, California, on Sunday, the 19th of January, 2020. Revised
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Sun, 15:53: A three-generation family picture of Auroara, Apex, SeQueL, and Abel as the show winds down. #goldengatekennelclub… https://t.co/eaRwcSKcFp
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The Shoah Foundation Inspired Me to Document the Stories and Voices of Guantánamo
By Peter Jan Honigsberg | Guantánamo, situated on a forty-five-mile spit of land on the southeastern coast of Cuba, has become more than a detention center for alleged terrorists, in reaction to the a
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the75th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Death Camps
The grim realityis that 75 years after the world got confirmation of the breadth of the Holocaust anti-Semitism is on the rise in the United States and in Europe. As the last survivors of the death
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Remembering Lessons from the Holocaust to Overcome the Rohingya Genocide
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we reflect on the path toward justice for the Rohingya people of Burma (Myanmar).
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today in the wood shop
I've begun a whole bunch of boxes in my shop as it's important to connect with my own inner drive to create. Yesterday I resawed inch-thick ash lumber to form the sides, and today I'll begin vacuum la
Daily Reflections, Day Fifty, Appreciating the timeless mystery of life.
Day Fifty Appreciating the timeless mystery of life. “The miracle is a learning device that lessens the need for time. It establishes an out-of-pattern time interval not under the usual laws of time.
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Monochrome
For those of us in cold climates, winter is the time when color is hard to find, and everything tends to fade to a wash of gray. But the lack of color invites us to find beauty in texture and form, in
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Breaking Free—Bessie Coleman, Aviatrix Against the Odds
Bessie Coleman was both the first Black and first Native American woman to win pilot wings. Bessie Coleman seemed destined by birth to remain earthbound, poor, and obscure when she was born on January
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Capitalists who think socialists should never celebrate anything the USSR did right should never celebrate anything the US did before ending Jim Crow. - I'll give Azealea Banks credit for this in her
In cohousing communities, UU seniors are finding new ways to ‘age in place’
Kris Willcox Nearly 13 percent of cohousing residents identify as Unitarian Universalists, according to a 2012 survey.
Editorial: Espinoza vs. Montana would undermine the First Amendment
Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott discusses the effect Espinoza vs. Montana would have on religious minorities if affirmed by the US Supreme Court. Continue reading Editorial: Espinoza vs. Montana would un
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Sun, 10:19: The Ozdachs pack is ready for adoration out back in the East Hall. Apex won Best or Opposite Sex, SeQueL was Select… https://t.co/nXrdcKm85q
Transylvania Pilgrimage
Join us for a special forum recapping our pilgrimage to Transylvania and our visit to celebrate with our partner church. We’re putting together a great slideshow from hundreds of photos we took, and o
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Eulogy for the Rev. Robert Lloyd Schaibly
The Rev. Robert Lloyd Schaibly faithfully served the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston as its senior minister for twenty years. He is remembered by many who knew him as one of the congreg
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