I don’t believe in reincarnation. But if I did, I’d be pretty sure that in a previous life, I shambled through the American 1850s. That might help explain why lately I’ve been having vivid dreamlike flashbacks about them. A few acquaintances would nod knowingly at this admission, and murmur something about “past lives.” What I … Continue reading Seeing Our Future in the Past? Flashbacks from the 1850s
Simple: Because in narrowly losing his congressional seat, he won, by a landslide — A chance. A chance for a second chance. Until a few days ago, I was ready to simply cheer if Cawthorn lost: my largest cup for schadenfreude was more than ready to run over. But then I read a long, deeply … Continue reading Why Madison Cawthorn Was The Biggest Winner In the NC Primary.
From “America’s Vanishing Kingdom,” By Thuy Linh Tu Ms. Tu, a professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University, moved from South Vietnam to Connecticut as a child, not long after the fall of Saigon. My dad’s American dream was made of aluminum. Not that he would have put it that way. … Continue reading Quotes from the (American) Era & A Vanishing Kingdom
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