From the bookshelf: June 2025
It is my intention to read five books each month. See what made the cut in June.
All posts tagged: Rebecca Solnit
Sustaining the dream through turbulent times
As we celebrate the 249th anniversary of Independence Day, there is still much work to do.
A compass, not a manual
“Continuity of memory tells us we are both descendants and ancestors.”
Our endless and proper work
As our country goes through troubled times, how will we stand up for the least among us?
The work remains the work
Rebecca Solnit and the fortress in comfort, the kinship in kindness, and the courage in encouragement
The crucible of the life cycle
Winter “is not the death of the life cycle, but its crucible.”
From the bookshelf: October 2024
Each month I have a goal to read five books. Here are the books I read in October 2024.
Rejoice in possibilities
When politicians aspire to make you fearful and alienated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.
Draw from a well of common goodness
Wrestling with ways to respond to a politics of division.
Difficult is not the same as impossible
Learning to hold the “both/and” of human possibility.
