by Mary Rives | Jan 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
ANTIDOTES TO FEAR OF DEATH by Rebecca Elson Sometimes as an antidote To fear of death, I eat the stars. Those nights, lying on my back, I suck them from the quenching dark Til they are all, all inside me, Pepper hot and sharp. Sometimes, instead, I stir myself Into a...
by Mary Rives | Jan 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Here is a brilliant post by Zdravko Cvijetic that I find to be truly liberating. Why? Because it is not another “how-to” self-help guide. It doesn’t suggest adding things to our lists of what we need to do to become a better person or to be more...
by Mary Rives | Jan 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Here we are in 2021! Phew! I’m grateful we made it through (and grieve for the loved ones of those who didn’t). It feels damn good to refer to 2020 as “last year” now. Like so many of us, I was unable to see any family over the holidays. I did...
by Mary Rives | Jan 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Become a Minimalist: An Unexpected Story & Invitation by Mary Rives Is “The Amercian Dream” or your country’s dream really YOUR dream? If not, would you consider joining the movement of Minimalism, “the thing that gets us past the things so...
by Mary Rives | Nov 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Racial healing is deep and necessary work. I’m doing mine and it ain’t easy to see the racism in me, in my past, and in the lineage of my ancestors. It’s easier to see racism “out there”. It’s been rampant on the continent on which...
