Looking Deeply
Bella, I wrote this while on retreat at Angelique’s farmhouse in the country. Wish you could have been with us to discuss Cao Ngoc Phuong’s autobiography and enjoy the cool, late summer breezes. Perry …
Share the Wealth with Lara Pennington: Life (out of) Balance–Leadership, Liberation and Vulnerability
Lara became the Executive Director of Queen of Peace Center, a substance abuse treatment program for women with addiction, their children and families, 5 years ago at the age of 25. This experience catapulted Lara…
A Proposal from Marilyn
Marilyn Vazquez Dr. Chmiel Western Culture 16 September 2016 Empathy Practicum After considering what suffering concerns me most, I decided to center my Empathy Practicum on the struggles of the undocumented Hispanic and Latino population…
Thank You, Dear Layla Writing Class, Spring 2016
Dear Friends Thank you for coming to Tower Grove Place Thank you for listening week after week Thank you for becoming acquainted with each other Thank you for meeting up with me, like at Kaldi’s…
For Example, The Brothers Karamazov, The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, and The Diamond Sutra
“I don’t deny it,” answered Swann in some bewilderment. “The fault I find with our newspapers is that they force us to take an interest in some fresh triviality or other every day, whereas only…
Maintain Your Equanimity–
Innumerable spheres enter one sphere. One sphere enters innumerable spheres. —Diamond Sutra
A Comment on a Passage by Thich Nhat Hanh
During the superpower confrontation in Vietnam, while thousands and thousands of peasants and children lost their lives, our land was unmercifully ravaged. –Thich Nhat Hanh, Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change The…
How Many Millions of People Have This Thought Today?
When can I speak the unuttered words that are choking me? –Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnam Poems
Poem of the Week: Untitled by Rob Trousdale
Sometimes. When biting into a baguette; or Getting a back scratch from mom; or Sipping on a Muddy Waters cocktail. I remember the screams. From hidden cells. Inside the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility. And…
Hatred/2 by Hedy Epstein
Throughout the 1960s, I became involved in local civil and human rights activities, as well as anti-Vietnam war protests. In the spring of 1970, it became public knowledge in the United States that, as part…