A New Paradigm of Partying

The calendar has turned from 2011 and the much-heralded year of  2012 is finally  here. Each New Year provides a chance to take a fresh breath and to begin anew, to mark together what is coming to an end and to welcome the year that’s just arriving. How we spend New...

The Holiday Letter

One of this season’s popular rituals is the annual Christmas or New Years Letter. People who haven’t spoken with one another all year recap the accomplishments of their children and grandchildren, announce their work promotions or retirements, and describe past...

New Birthday Rituals

My birthday last week turned out to be a communal event. I‘m taking back all those critical comments I’ve made about 21st century technology, especially about social media. After all the good wishes I got from “friends,” I’m thankful Facebook and other systems like it...

Faithful Teachers Till and Beyond the End

Friends from Texas invited me to attend a memorial for their mother, a retired school principal, who had died a few months earlier. If they gave me details, I didn’t note them, only that the service would be at the Heinz Chapel on the U. of Pittsburgh campus on Friday...

On Communal Grieving

“Shake it out,” we say in InterPlay. “Shake out your right hand.” “Shake out your left hand.” “Shake out both hands.” “Shake out your voice, and while you’re at it, shake out what you’re sitting on.” This is our practice because...

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