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I had a really great conversation the other night, over nachos, margaritas, and taco salad. Seven of us sat around a table and I got to do one of my most favorite things: listen to the stories of other people. When I was little girl, I used to ask people, "What is it like to be you?" It was the best …
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Hey there! Are you still with us? I'm reading this book for the third time, and I still find myself having to read it slowly, with a highlighter in my hand. I'm wondering what you're thinking. Has the book captured your attention? Is it making you think differently, or is it frustrating you? As …
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Once in 2013, and then again in 2015, I hosted a retreat for writers, artists, entrepreneurs, and other fabulous people who have an amazing dream. Back then, the idea was to get a group of people together for a weekend to explore the possibilities of making their dreams come true. People came to …
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Today, I pulled back the rug on my dining room floor, laid out some clothes on the hardwoods in (hopefully) cute vignettes , climbed up on a ladder, and snapped a few photos with my iPhone. Yes. My iPhone. I have a fancy-ish camera, but its battery needs charging and I'm impatient and I am so …
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The fact that Parker J. Palmer wrote this book while in the throes of depression is profoundly powerful to me. Early in 2015, I became terribly ill with a virus. The virus hung on and beat me down to the point that I could barely leave my bed, except to visit my doctor in her office. I'm an …
Continue Reading about Forward: Healing the Heart of Democracy | Prelude and Chapter One
In a drawer, I have a picture of myself in a hot pink bikini. When the picture was taken, I was in my very late twenties or very early thirties, and I'd had two children. This was back when there was no such thing as a smartphone. Back then, you took your pictures, cranked the film forward in the …
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