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Resources for Grief’s Seasons

by Sheila Collins | May 13, 2021 | Art & Life, Duality, Environment, Good Will Come, Grieving, Personal Stories, Resilience, The Art of Grieving

I came across a photo I took last fall while hiking in the Laurel Highlands in Pennsylvania. Looking at it now, I feel again the chilling breeze, the dangerously slippery wet leaves underfoot, the disappointment that the fall colors we expected to see in the high...

On Reemerging

by Sheila Collins | Apr 22, 2021 | Art & Life, Community, Duality, Environment, Family, Gatherings, Personal Stories, Resilience

Having just planted some bulbs for summer flowers over the weekend and having just admired the bright blooming spring tulips from the bulbs I planted last fall, I commented to my husband, “I haven’t seen any bunny rabbits around yet this year.” (It’s important...

Learning from Loss

by Sheila Collins | Nov 12, 2020 | Art & Life, Community, Duality, Family, History, Personal Stories, social justice, Uncategorized

My brother called me Sunday morning from his home in New Mexico. “I’m just checking in to see how you’re doing after the election,” he said in a cheerful voice. I was delighted to hear from him, and since we hadn’t spoken in months, I realized he might not know for...

Toward a More Perfect Union

by Sheila Collins | Nov 5, 2020 | Duality, Good Will Come, History, ReImagine

It is the day after one of the most divisive elections of most of our lifetimes. Though we don’t yet know for sure how it will all turn out, we already know enough to know that whoever we are, whoever we voted for, we’ve already loss some of what we were hoping for. A...

Mourning Into Unity

by Sheila Collins | Oct 22, 2020 | Art & Life, Community, Duality

Here we are 12 days from one of the most dramatically divisive national elections in our nation’s history. One thing for sure, on November 4th or thereabouts, however it turns out, a lot of people will be in mourning. Like in a sports contest, only one side can win,...

Will You Be Proud to Say, “I Voted”?

by Sheila Collins | Sep 10, 2020 | Community, Duality, Personal Stories, Uncategorized

Here we are just two months from a major U.S election, with the smell of fall in the air, and I’m nostalgic for pre-elections past. I’m missing gathering at an organizers home to pick up flyers and steal a cookie from the snack table set up for volunteers. I’m missing...

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Resources for Grief’s Seasons

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Mourning Into Unity

Will You Be Proud to Say, “I Voted”?

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