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Author Archives: Susan Young

It’s when believing in things feels hard that we have to do it

It’s when believing in things feels hard that we have to do it

In these times of deep discord and disorienting differences, we need our beliefs to underpin connection and action.  Two weeks ago, my granddaughter reported a sore throat and coughed a lot. I asked, “Did you test for Covid?” She shook her head, “I don’t believe in testing. I’m sick. I’m staying home. I’m in my… Continue Reading

A PAUSING PRACTICE FOR NEW YEARS

A PAUSING PRACTICE FOR NEW YEARS

My Dad made temples, no, more like churches with steeples with his stout hands. He intertwined his pinky, ring and middle fingers and made a tent with left and right pointer fingers which he tapped, tips touching, thumbs like steeples too. He’d lay both hands like that on his lap while watching televised PGA golf… Continue Reading

WELCOME TO THE CONNECTION COLLECTION

WELCOME TO THE CONNECTION COLLECTION

Recently seeing a road sign, Stonewall Way: Dead End, evoked a memory of the New York City Stonewall Riots. At the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, gay men and women gathered in safety, to dance, to connect. The Stonewall Inn provided a sense of I-am-not-alone, a place of refuge. Then, on June 28, 1969, police… Continue Reading

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