I wonder how many temporarily “Canadian” truckers, recently evicted from the bridge at Windsor/Detroit, are now chugging their way west across the windswept snowy plains, aiming for the desert around Coachella, near Palm Springs California? It’s not just the weather (weekend forecast sunny, dry & high 70s) that’s drawing them. Or the three local Indian … Continue reading Behold: the USA Truckers Caravan Cometh
Wayne Finegar II of Baltimore Maryland was formally approved to become the next Director of Quaker House in Fayetteville NC on Sunday evening, February 13, 2023, by the Quaker House Board. He succeeds Kindra Bradley, who stepped down in October of 2021 due to family concerns. Wayne’s employment officially begins on March 1. He is … Continue reading Breaking: New Director of Quaker House; And an Open Letter
To everything there is a season . . . and in the small field of Quaker publishing, this seems to be the season for books to help Friends, and friends of Friends, get through hard times. I won’t rehash the reasons for this spurt; they’re as near as the morning’s headlines. It will suffice to … Continue reading Pride: Learning to Endure with Bill Kreidler & “Tending The Fire”
SPECIAL FOR WOMEN’s HISTORY MONTH — NOW BANNED BY PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER It was a great day for an “overground railroad” escape. Maybe not such a great day to die, but for some there was no escaping that. Imagine we were in Aiken, South Carolina: a pretty town, near Augusta and the Georgia border, with … Continue reading Remembering Friend Martha Schofield & Her Courageous Leading
So I went to COSTCO the other day, looking for this and that, but not a rotisserie chicken. I really like their roasters: plump, juicy, and at 3 pounds for $4.99 the very model of a major-league loss leader. But I had recently had chicken, so this time I was just rolling past the big … Continue reading Flying the Coop: Where Have All the Chickens Gone???