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Let me be where I am.
Let this bread, this morning, be their own ceremony.
When the lead mouth of fear clamps onto mine
and blasts her wind of rope and iron filings into me,
let my breath be forgiveness returned for her black sadness.
Let poems be cups of praying
made for holding silence.
Let this bread, this morning, be their own ceremony.
When the lead mouth of fear clamps onto mine
and blasts her wind of rope and iron filings into me,
let my breath be forgiveness returned for her black sadness.
Let poems be cups of praying
made for holding silence.
December 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Let me be where I am.
Let this bread, this morning, be their own ceremony.
When the lead mouth of fear clamps onto mine
and blasts her wind of rope and iron filings into me,
let my breath be forgiveness returned for her black sadness.
Let poems be cups of praying
made for holding silence.
Let this bread, this morning, be their own ceremony.
When the lead mouth of fear clamps onto mine
and blasts her wind of rope and iron filings into me,
let my breath be forgiveness returned for her black sadness.
Let poems be cups of praying
made for holding silence.
We are a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law.
October 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We are a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law.
Congratulations Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, on winning the Nobel Peace Prize for keeping “the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.” “When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize our courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.”
October 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Congratulations Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, on winning the Nobel Peace Prize for keeping “the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.” “When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize our courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.”
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” Jane Goodall
October 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” Jane Goodall
"Democracy Dies in Darkness, but some of us will still carry on the light." - Karen Attiyeh, Washington Post columnist fired for doing her job.
September 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"Democracy Dies in Darkness, but some of us will still carry on the light." - Karen Attiyeh, Washington Post columnist fired for doing her job.
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” — Maya Angelou
July 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” — Maya Angelou
“Among the most patriotic things you can do is speak out.” — Dan Rather
July 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“Among the most patriotic things you can do is speak out.” — Dan Rather
“One sun rose on us today, kindled over our shores,
peeking over the Smokies, greeting the faces
of the Great Lakes, spreading a simple truth
across the Great Plains, then charging across the Rockies.
One light, waking up rooftops, under each one, a story …”
- excerpt, Richard Blanco, One Today
peeking over the Smokies, greeting the faces
of the Great Lakes, spreading a simple truth
across the Great Plains, then charging across the Rockies.
One light, waking up rooftops, under each one, a story …”
- excerpt, Richard Blanco, One Today
July 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“One sun rose on us today, kindled over our shores,
peeking over the Smokies, greeting the faces
of the Great Lakes, spreading a simple truth
across the Great Plains, then charging across the Rockies.
One light, waking up rooftops, under each one, a story …”
- excerpt, Richard Blanco, One Today
peeking over the Smokies, greeting the faces
of the Great Lakes, spreading a simple truth
across the Great Plains, then charging across the Rockies.
One light, waking up rooftops, under each one, a story …”
- excerpt, Richard Blanco, One Today
“When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Stand up and stay strong, friends!
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Stand up and stay strong, friends!
July 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Stand up and stay strong, friends!
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Stand up and stay strong, friends!
“When we allow ourselves to be drained of the simple pleasures of this life, we become complicit in those who desire our demise.”
— John Pavlovitz, The Beautiful Mess, May 28, 2025
— John Pavlovitz, The Beautiful Mess, May 28, 2025
May 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“When we allow ourselves to be drained of the simple pleasures of this life, we become complicit in those who desire our demise.”
— John Pavlovitz, The Beautiful Mess, May 28, 2025
— John Pavlovitz, The Beautiful Mess, May 28, 2025
“To refuse to participate in the shaping of our future is to give it up. Do not be misled into passivity either by false security (they don’t mean me) or by despair (there’s nothing we can do). Each of us must find our work and do it.“
- Audre Lorde
- Audre Lorde
May 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“To refuse to participate in the shaping of our future is to give it up. Do not be misled into passivity either by false security (they don’t mean me) or by despair (there’s nothing we can do). Each of us must find our work and do it.“
- Audre Lorde
- Audre Lorde
“May you locate the ten thousand mothers that brought you into being and keep you going, no matter who and where you are. May you be the mother of uncounted possibilities and loves.”
— Rebecca Solnit
— Rebecca Solnit
May 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“May you locate the ten thousand mothers that brought you into being and keep you going, no matter who and where you are. May you be the mother of uncounted possibilities and loves.”
— Rebecca Solnit
— Rebecca Solnit
“This is a pivotal moment. … Hold the line. … Where America goes you take the world. … The heroes are you. … Hold the line. … This is the moment.” — Maria Ressa
May 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“This is a pivotal moment. … Hold the line. … Where America goes you take the world. … The heroes are you. … Hold the line. … This is the moment.” — Maria Ressa
Joy is the heart of resistance.
— Phoenix Birch
— Phoenix Birch
April 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Joy is the heart of resistance.
— Phoenix Birch
— Phoenix Birch
The worst thing you can do right now is hide or go quiet.
Stand up and talk back.
— Jess Piper
Stand up and talk back.
— Jess Piper
April 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The worst thing you can do right now is hide or go quiet.
Stand up and talk back.
— Jess Piper
Stand up and talk back.
— Jess Piper
Courage is contagious.
April 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Courage is contagious.
Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are. - Rumi
April 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are. - Rumi
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
- Arthur Ashe
- Arthur Ashe
April 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
- Arthur Ashe
- Arthur Ashe
I want to say, like Neruda,
that I am waiting for
"a great and common tenderness,"
that I still believe
we are capable of attention,
that anyone who notices the world
must want to save it.
- excerpt from Rebecca Baggett: "Testimony"
Happy Earth Day, 2025
that I am waiting for
"a great and common tenderness,"
that I still believe
we are capable of attention,
that anyone who notices the world
must want to save it.
- excerpt from Rebecca Baggett: "Testimony"
Happy Earth Day, 2025
April 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I want to say, like Neruda,
that I am waiting for
"a great and common tenderness,"
that I still believe
we are capable of attention,
that anyone who notices the world
must want to save it.
- excerpt from Rebecca Baggett: "Testimony"
Happy Earth Day, 2025
that I am waiting for
"a great and common tenderness,"
that I still believe
we are capable of attention,
that anyone who notices the world
must want to save it.
- excerpt from Rebecca Baggett: "Testimony"
Happy Earth Day, 2025
“if we don’t counter up the faith
that we can all get along,
then we won’t.
If we can’t recognize how lucky we are,
we won’t be.”
— excerpt from Blue Marble, poem by Victor Campbell Myers
that we can all get along,
then we won’t.
If we can’t recognize how lucky we are,
we won’t be.”
— excerpt from Blue Marble, poem by Victor Campbell Myers
March 31, 2025 at 2:58 AM
“if we don’t counter up the faith
that we can all get along,
then we won’t.
If we can’t recognize how lucky we are,
we won’t be.”
— excerpt from Blue Marble, poem by Victor Campbell Myers
that we can all get along,
then we won’t.
If we can’t recognize how lucky we are,
we won’t be.”
— excerpt from Blue Marble, poem by Victor Campbell Myers
The path of wisdom invites us
to walk with a humble heart
recognizing the dance between diversity and unity, action and restraint.
The Scales of Nature will always seek equilibrium A feather can tip the balance.
- excerpt from Terry Tempest Williams, a Meditation on Phelps Lake
recognizing the dance between diversity and unity, action and restraint.
The Scales of Nature will always seek equilibrium A feather can tip the balance.
- excerpt from Terry Tempest Williams, a Meditation on Phelps Lake
March 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The path of wisdom invites us
to walk with a humble heart
recognizing the dance between diversity and unity, action and restraint.
The Scales of Nature will always seek equilibrium A feather can tip the balance.
- excerpt from Terry Tempest Williams, a Meditation on Phelps Lake
recognizing the dance between diversity and unity, action and restraint.
The Scales of Nature will always seek equilibrium A feather can tip the balance.
- excerpt from Terry Tempest Williams, a Meditation on Phelps Lake
When the future is full of dread
And the past full of regret
Where can you take refuge except the present?
When maelstroms of tormenting thoughts
push back the barricades of your sanity
The present is the calm centre where you can rest.
- excerpt from “The Only Place, Steve Taylor
And the past full of regret
Where can you take refuge except the present?
When maelstroms of tormenting thoughts
push back the barricades of your sanity
The present is the calm centre where you can rest.
- excerpt from “The Only Place, Steve Taylor
March 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
When the future is full of dread
And the past full of regret
Where can you take refuge except the present?
When maelstroms of tormenting thoughts
push back the barricades of your sanity
The present is the calm centre where you can rest.
- excerpt from “The Only Place, Steve Taylor
And the past full of regret
Where can you take refuge except the present?
When maelstroms of tormenting thoughts
push back the barricades of your sanity
The present is the calm centre where you can rest.
- excerpt from “The Only Place, Steve Taylor
Hope is not about some future meadow.
Hope is not a triumphal march toward some brighter,
bloodless field. Neither is it lighting a candle
or cursing the darkness or calling the glass half full.
It is this half-empty tumbler turning cartwheels
above the chasm. - excerpt from Richard Schiffman, Hope
Hope is not a triumphal march toward some brighter,
bloodless field. Neither is it lighting a candle
or cursing the darkness or calling the glass half full.
It is this half-empty tumbler turning cartwheels
above the chasm. - excerpt from Richard Schiffman, Hope
March 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Hope is not about some future meadow.
Hope is not a triumphal march toward some brighter,
bloodless field. Neither is it lighting a candle
or cursing the darkness or calling the glass half full.
It is this half-empty tumbler turning cartwheels
above the chasm. - excerpt from Richard Schiffman, Hope
Hope is not a triumphal march toward some brighter,
bloodless field. Neither is it lighting a candle
or cursing the darkness or calling the glass half full.
It is this half-empty tumbler turning cartwheels
above the chasm. - excerpt from Richard Schiffman, Hope