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What have you been the most naive about?

Posted on Dec 8th, 2008 by Sylvia : loving Spirit Sylvia

Politics, particularly in the 2002 and 2004 elections.  I wouldn't say that I was sheltered so much as blindly optimistic.  I bought into the fantasy that if left leaning activists gave enough and worked hard... More »

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Sylvia : loving Spirit

A message from Bill Ayers

Posted on Nov 11th, 2008 by Sylvia : loving Spirit Sylvia

Hi, folks - Chaos Divine just posted a powerful blog about Ambivalence in his experience of Remembrance Day - the Canadian parallel to Veteran's Day and Debyemm about Orwell and the way societies are structured... More »

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Billayers

this one was for you and the flames of renewal, Jesse

Posted on Nov 6th, 2008 by Sylvia : loving Spirit Sylvia

On the last day of April, 1992, riots broke out in the Watts section of LA in California, and in severely depressed inner city areas around the US.  I was sitting in the cafeteria at... More »

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Extreme ...

Posted on Nov 5th, 2008 by Sylvia : loving Spirit Sylvia

is such a Hollywood kitsch word to me these days with its overuse on reality shows. And yet it's the word for yesterday for me. After four months of bringing pots and bags of food... More »

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Obamaimage11_5

A happier more hopeful side of Halloween [smile]

Posted on Oct 26th, 2008 by Sylvia : loving Spirit Sylvia

Hi, folks - I find the scary creepy aspects of All Hallow's Eve (Halloween) celebrations challenging and off-putting.  So I usually just celebrate All Saint's Day (November 1st) and All Souls' Day - my birthday,... More »

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Happypumpkin

tonight

Posted on Aug 30th, 2008 by Sylvia : loving Spirit Sylvia

for the first time in many years I experienced pride and hope in being a citizen of the US as part of more than 10 thousand incredibly diverse people who gathered to hear Joe Biden... More »

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Diversepeople

faces of hope

Posted on Aug 29th, 2008 by Sylvia : loving Spirit Sylvia

More than ten years ago now, I was a very small part of writing a Christian Education curriculum at the church I was part of at the time.  Vivid in my mind is the moment,... More »

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Youngpeople