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Remembering Wiletta Woodson with a big smile on my face
My friend Wiletta Woodson died this morning. I'm sad that I won't have the joy of talking with her anymore in this lifetime; though I'm certain we'll have plenty to discuss in the next go-round. But I'm not weeping at her passing. Wiletta lived well into her 90's and...
My Salinger Year – a book review
I read a review of My Salinger Year, by Joanna Rakoff, in Entertainment Weekly last month. Though I had a pile of other books to read, the review inspired me to reserve this one at the library. It came in the same time as two other books high on my 'must read soon'...
Hangin’ out with Robin Williams at the Springsteen gig
I've been thinking a lot about Robin Williams this week. Reading stories and blog posts and opinion pieces as people who were impacted by his art, his humor, and his life come to grips with his death. And an image keeps popping up in my head; a very pleasant image....
A Message for Peace
Yesterday I received an email from Daryl Byler, Executive Director of the Center for Justice & Peacebuilding (CJP) at Eastern Mennonite University. EMU is a place I have studied and will continue to study issues of trauma, restorative justice, conflict resolution,...
Sometimes my life gets in the way of my life
I learned it from Lindi, my wife. We were walking. Talking. It seems like we used to walk and talk more often as we made plans for our life together. Short and long term goals. Ideas. Musings. Fears. Dreams. One day, while talking about how hard it is to do what we...