How Father Ignacio Ellacuría Saw Us

In regard to the ideal of the dominant old human being in the so-called North Atlantic and Western Christian civilization, certain features have to be rejected. These include its radical insecurity which leads it to…

The Bell Is for All of You

“Anything you are attached to, let it go.” –Buddhist teaching I gave that bell to Mev 25 years ago It must have been sounded 10,000 times Pete heard it In fall of 2001 You heard…

You’re the Beautiful Resistance

There’s something about your sharing with me Tears usually are the result Not sadness as in Ach But gratitude as in Ah I’ve known  you nine years plus So, of course, we inter-are Muriel Ruykeyser:…

Cece’s Smile

For Mary and Matt A while after Mev died I went to a gathering at Jesuit Hall In honor of Guadalupe Carney Who had lived in Honduras with the poor Scores of people were there…

Elvia Alvarado

Our Latin America Reading Group will discuss Elvia Alvarado’s testimony, Don’t Be Afraid, Gringo on Thursday 30 May at 7 p.m. at Café Ventana.   I imagine Elvia meeting up with Che And the revolutionary…

Mechaiehs

Mechaiaeh… Pronounced m’KHY-eh, to rhyme with “messiah.” The kh sound is, of course, the way a MacTavish would roll it out. From Hebrew. Pleasure, great enjoyment, a real joy. … Mechaieh comes from the Hebrew…