Heart flowers
Last Sunday, March 1, was the birthday of my youngest sister Mary Teresa. I’ve written about her before. She did…
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A busy morning in rainy Philadelphia
I woke up this morning to find out that environmental activists were already blockading the Chase bank on JFK Boulevard…
Meditative activism
Bright sunny day in Philadelphia today (February 9, 2020). But cold in the shade. That’s where we were this afternoon…
Fighting for the right to breathe.
Just before we moved to Philadelphia, there was a major explosion in the largest oil refinery on the East Coast….
Yahrzeit
Laura died in the early hours of the morning of Saturday, January 30, 2010. Here is the story of…
Turmoil
You never know how you’re going to react in the face of the loss of a loved one. When they…
Ten years
“And sometimes anniversaries hurt . You feel them in inexplicable aches in your body, or in a general unease that…
Cold rain, warm heart.
When I came out on to Market Street, I saw that it had started to rain during the two and…
The kindness of strangers
Imagine Ruthie dropping her credit card and struggling to get up. Now imagine that Ruthie has two bad knees such…
Friday, November 22nd
Today is Friday, November 22. John F Kennedy was killed on Friday November 22 in 1963. I still remember standing…