Live Virtual Group Session: 12PM EST November 30th 2022

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this session!

For this session we read a poem The Lilies” by Karenne Wood, posted below. 

Our prompt was: โ€œGrowing in the darkness.โ€

More details will be posted on this session, so check back again!

Participants are warmly encouraged to share what you wrote below (โ€œLeave a Replyโ€), to keep the conversation going here, bearing in mind that the blog of course is a public space where confidentiality is not assured.

Also, we would love to learn more about your experience of these sessions, so if youโ€™re able, please take the time to fill out a follow-up survey of one to two quick questions!

Please join us for our next session Monday December 5th at 6pm EST, with more times listed on our Live Virtual Group Sessions.

"The Lilies" by Karenne Wood

When I learned I might have cancer,
I bought fifteen white lilies. Easter was gone:
the trumpets were wilted, plants crooked with roots
bound in pots. I dug them into the garden,
knowing they would not bloom for another year.
All summer, the stalks stood like ramshackle posts
while I waited for results. By autumn, the stalks
had flopped down. More biopsies, laser incisions,
the cancer in my tongue a sprawling mass. Outside,
the earth remained bare, rhizomes shrunken
below the frost line. Spring shoots appeared
in bright green skins, and lilies bloomed
in July, their waxed trumpets pure white,
dusting gold pollen to the ground.
                                                                     This year,
tripled in number, they are popping up again. I wait,
a ceremony, for the lilies to open, for the serpentine length
of the garden to bloom in the shape of my tongueโ€™s scar,
a white path with one end leading into brilliant air,
the other down the throatโ€™s canyon, black
and unforgiving. I try to imagine
what could grow in such darkness. I am waiting
for the lilies to open.

Credit: ยฉ 2001 by Karenne Wood

Live Virtual Group Session: 6PM EST November 28th 2022

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this session!

For this session we took a close look at the image Desert Spirits” by Spencer Tunick, posted below. 

Our prompt was: โ€œWrite about being part of a group.โ€

More details will be posted on this session, so check back again!

Participants are warmly encouraged to share what you wrote below (โ€œLeave a Replyโ€), to keep the conversation going here, bearing in mind that the blog of course is a public space where confidentiality is not assured.

Also, we would love to learn more about your experience of these sessions, so if youโ€™re able, please take the time to fill out a follow-up survey of one to two quick questions!

Please join us for our next session Wednesday November 30th at 12pm EST, with more times listed on our Live Virtual Group Sessions.


Desert Spirits” by Spencer Tunick

Credit: Spencer Tunick/Naked Pavement Inc


Encuentros virtuales en vivo: Sรกbado 26 de noviembre, 13:00 EST

El texto que escogimos para hoy fue La Condiciรณn Humana por Renรฉ Magritte.

La propuesta de escritura fue Escribe sobre un descubrimiento inesperado.

Aquรญ, ahora alentamos a los participantes que si asรญ lo desean, compartan lo que escribieron a continuaciรณn. Deja tu respuesta aquรญ, si deseas continuar la conversaciรณn. Pero antes, les recomendamos tener en cuenta que el blog es un espacio pรบblico donde, por supuesto, no se garantiza la confidencialidad.

Por favor, รบnase a nosotros en nuestra prรณxima sesiรณn en espaรฑol: El sรกbado 17 de diciembre a las 13 hrs. o a la 1 pm EST. Tambiรฉn, ofrecemos sesiones en inglรฉs. Ve a nuestra pรกgina de sesiones grupales virtuales en vivo.


ฮ–ฯ‰ฮฝฯ„ฮฑฮฝฮฎ ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮตฮดฯฮฏฮฑ ฮฑฯ†ฮทฮณฮทฮผฮฑฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚ ฮนฮฑฯ„ฯฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚:ย ฮšฯ…ฯฮนฮฑฮบฮฎย 20 ฮฮฟฮตฮผฮฒฯฮฏฮฟฯ…, 7:30 ฮผ.ฮผ. EET

ฮ— ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮตฮดฯฮฏฮฑ ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฎ ฮญฯ†ฮตฯฮต ฮบฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฌ ฮดฯŽฮดฮตฮบฮฑ ฯƒฯ…ฮผฮผฮตฯ„ฮญฯ‡ฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮตฯ‚ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฮ•ฮปฮปฮฌฮดฮฑ, ฮšฯฯ€ฯฮฟ, ฮบฮฑฮน ฮŸฮปฮปฮฑฮฝฮดฮฏฮฑ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮฝฮฑ ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฯ„ฮทฯฮฎฯƒฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฝฮฑ ฯƒฯ…ฮถฮทฯ„ฮฎฯƒฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฯ€ฮฏฮฝฮฑฮบฮฑ ฮถฯ‰ฮณฯฮฑฯ†ฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚ ยซฮ— ฮผฮทฯ„ฮญฯฮฑ ฮผฮฟฯ…ยป ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮ•ฮปฮญฮฝฮทฯ‚ ฮœฮนฯ‡ฮฑฮปฮฑฮบฮฟฯ€ฮฟฯฮปฮฟฯ… ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฑฯ„ฮฟฮผฮนฮบฮฎ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮญฮบฮธฮตฯƒฮท ฮฃฯ…ฮณฮณฮญฮฝฮตฮนฮตฯ‚ (ฮ ฮฟฮปฮนฯ„ฮนฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฯŒ ฮšฮญฮฝฯ„ฯฮฟ ฮกฮฑฯ†ฮฎฮฝฮฑฯ‚ โ€“ ฮ ฮนฮบฮตฯฮผฮฏฮฟฯ…, 2018). ฮ— ฮฟฮผฮฌฮดฮฑ ฮตฯ€ฮนฯ‡ฮตฮฏฯฮทฯƒฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮตฯฮผฮทฮฝฮตฯฯƒฮตฮน ฯƒฮทฮผฮฑฮฏฮฝฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮตฯ‚ ฮปฮตฯ€ฯ„ฮฟฮผฮญฯฮตฮนฮตฯ‚ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮญฯฮณฮฟฯ…, ฯŒฯ€ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮท ฯ†ฮฟฯฯƒฯ„ฮฑ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฯ€ฮญฮผฯ€ฮตฮน ฯƒฮต ฮตฮปฮปฮทฮฝฮนฮบฮฎ ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฮดฮฟฯƒฮนฮฑฮบฮฎ ฯ†ฮฟฯ…ฯƒฯ„ฮฑฮฝฮญฮปฮฑ ฮฎ ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฮปฮตฮบฯ„ฯŒ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮบฯฮฑฯ„ฮฌ ฯƒฯ„ฮฑ ฯ‡ฮญฯฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮท ฮตฮนฮบฮฟฮฝฮนฮถฯŒฮผฮตฮฝฮท ฮณฯ…ฮฝฮฑฮฏฮบฮฑ ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮทฮผฮนฯ„ฮตฮปฮฎฯ‚ ฮตฮปฮปฮทฮฝฮนฮบฮฎ ฯƒฮทฮผฮฑฮฏฮฑ, ฮบฮฑฮธฯŽฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒฮดฮฟฯƒฮท ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮนฮธฮญฯƒฮตฯ‰ฮฝ ฮตฯƒฯ‰ฯ„ฮตฯฮนฮบฮฟฯ-ฮตฮพฯ‰ฯ„ฮตฯฮนฮบฮฟฯ, ฯƒฯฮณฯ‡ฯฮฟฮฝฮฟฯ…-ฯ€ฮฑฯฯ‰ฯ‡ฮทฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฯ…, ฯฮตฮฑฮปฮนฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฮฟฯ-ฯƒฯ‡ฮทฮผฮฑฯ„ฮนฮบฮฟฯ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮฑฮฝฮฑฮดฯฮธฮทฮบฮฑฮฝ ฮผฮญฯƒฮฑ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฯ„ฮฎฯฮทฯƒฮท.

ฮœฮฏฮฑ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฯƒฯ…ฮผฮผฮตฯ„ฮญฯ‡ฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮตฯ‚ ฮตฮฏฮดฮต ฯ„ฮท ฮณฯ…ฮฝฮฑฮนฮบฮตฮฏฮฑ ฯ†ฮนฮณฮฟฯฯฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฯ€ฮฏฮฝฮฑฮบฮฑ ฯƒฮฑฮฝ ฮญฮฝฮฑ ฯ€ฮฟฯฯ„ฯฮญฯ„ฮฟ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯƒฯฮณฯ‡ฯฮฟฮฝฮทฯ‚ ฮ•ฮปฮปฮฌฮดฮฑฯ‚, ฮบฮฑฮธฮทฮปฯ‰ฮผฮญฮฝฮทฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฟฮปฮนฯ„ฮนฯƒฮผฮนฮบฮฌ, ฮฝฮฑ ฮฑฯ„ฮตฮฝฮฏฮถฮตฮน ฮผฮต ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฯƒฯ„ฮฑฯƒฮนฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮนฮทฮผฮญฮฝฮท ฮฑฯ…ฯƒฯ„ฮทฯฯŒฯ„ฮทฯ„ฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮผฮญฮปฮปฮฟฮฝ. ฮŸฮน ฯฯ…ฯ„ฮฏฮดฮตฯ‚ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฯ€ฯฮฟฯƒฯŽฯ€ฮฟฯ…, ฯƒฮต ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮดฯ…ฮฑฯƒฮผฯŒ ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮฟ ฮฌฮบฮฑฮผฯ€ฯ„ฮฟ ฯƒฯŽฮผฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮฑฯ…ฯฯ‰ฮผฮญฮฝฮฑ ฯ‡ฮญฯฮนฮฑ,  ฮตฯฮผฮทฮฝฮตฯฯ„ฮทฮบฮฑฮฝ ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮท ฮฑฮฝฮฑฯ€ฯŒฯ†ฮตฯ…ฮบฯ„ฮท ฯ†ฮธฮฟฯฮฌ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮญฯฯ‡ฮตฯ„ฮฑฮน ฯŒฯ‡ฮน ฮผฯŒฮฝฮฟ ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฮญฯฮฑฯƒฮผฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฯ‡ฯฯŒฮฝฮฟฯ… ฮฑฮปฮปฮฌ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ‡ฯฯŒฮฝฮนฮฑ ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฮณฮฟฮฎฯ„ฮตฯ…ฯƒฮท ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฮฏฯ„ฮทฯƒฮท. ฮคฮฑ ฯ‡ฮฑฯฮฑฮบฯ„ฮทฯฮนฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฮฌ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฯ€ฯฮฟฯƒฯŽฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯ†ฮนฮณฮฟฯฯฮฑฯ‚, ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮญฯ‡ฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฮดฮฟฮธฮตฮฏ ฯƒฯ‡ฮตฮดฯŒฮฝ ฮผฮต ฯฮตฮฑฮปฮนฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎโ€”ฮฑฮฝ ฮบฮฑฮน ยซฮบฮฑฯฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฮฝฮฏฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฮทยป, ฯŒฯ€ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฯ‡ฮฑฯฮฑฮบฯ„ฮทฯฮนฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฮฌ ฮตฮนฯ€ฯŽฮธฮทฮบฮตโ€”ฮฑฮบฯฮฏฮฒฮตฮนฮฑ, ฯ†ฮฌฮฝฮทฮบฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮญฯฯ‡ฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฑฮน ฯƒฮต ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮฏฮธฮตฯƒฮท ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฯ€ฮนฮฟ ฮฑฯ†ฮทฯฮทฮผฮญฮฝฮฟ ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฮฒฮฌฮปฮปฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฑ ฯ‡ฯŽฯฮฟ. ฮ— ฮฑฯฯ‡ฮนฮบฮฎ ฯ…ฯ€ฯŒฮธฮตฯƒฮท ฯŒฯ„ฮน ฮท ฮณฯ…ฮฝฮฑฮฏฮบฮฑ ฮฒฯฮฏฯƒฮบฮตฯ„ฮฑฮน ฯƒฮต ฮตฮพฯ‰ฯ„ฮตฯฮนฮบฯŒ ฯ‡ฯŽฯฮฟ, ฮดฮตฮดฮฟฮผฮญฮฝฮทฯ‚ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯฯ€ฮฑฯฮพฮทฯ‚ ฮตฮฝฯŒฯ‚ ฮดฮญฮฝฯ„ฯฮฟฯ… ฮบฮน ฮตฮฝฯŒฯ‚ ฮตฯ€ฮฏฯ€ฮปฮฟฯ… ฮฒฮตฯฮฌฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ‚, ฯƒฯ„ฮฑฮดฮนฮฑฮบฮฌ ฮฑฮผฯ†ฮนฯƒฮฒฮทฯ„ฮฎฮธฮทฮบฮต, ฮบฮฑฮธฯŽฯ‚ ฮท ฮฑฯ€ฯŒฮดฮฟฯƒฮท ฯ„ฯŒฯƒฮฟ ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฯ‡ฯฯ‰ฮผฮฌฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฯŒฯƒฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฯŒฮณฮบฯ‰ฮฝ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮดฮนฮฌฯ„ฮฑฮพฮทฯ‚ ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮนฮบฮตฮนฮผฮญฮฝฯ‰ฮฝ ฮธฯฮผฮนฮถฮฑฮฝ ฮผฮฌฮปฮปฮฟฮฝ ฯ‡ฯŽฯฮฟ ฮตฯƒฯ‰ฯ„ฮตฯฮนฮบฯŒ, ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ€ฮนฮฟ ฯƒฯ…ฮณฮบฮตฮบฯฮนฮผฮญฮฝฮฑ, ฯƒฮบฮทฮฝฮนฮบฯŒ ฮธฮตฮฑฯ„ฯฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฌฯƒฯ„ฮฑฯƒฮทฯ‚, ฮบฮฑฮน ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮตฯ€ฯŽฯ‚ ฮผฮฏฮฑ ฮตฯ€ฮฏฯ†ฮฑฯƒฮท ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฯ€ฯฮฑฮณฮผฮฑฯ„ฮนฮบฮฟฯ. ฮšฮฌฯ€ฮฟฮนฮฑ ฯƒฯ…ฮผฮผฮตฯ„ฮญฯ‡ฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮฑ ฮผฮฌฮปฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฑ ฯ†ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮฌฯƒฯ„ฮทฮบฮต ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮทฮปฮนฮบฮนฯ‰ฮผฮญฮฝฮท ฮณฯ…ฮฝฮฑฮฏฮบฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฯ€ฮฏฮฝฮฑฮบฮฑ ฮฝฮฑ ฯ…ฯ€ฮฟฮดฯฮตฯ„ฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ฯฯŒฮปฮฟ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ยซฮบฮฟฯ…ฯฮฑฯƒฮผฮญฮฝฮทฯ‚ยป ฮ•ฮปฮปฮฌฮดฮฑฯ‚ ฯƒฮต ฮบฮฌฯ€ฮฟฮนฮฑ ฯƒฮฌฯ„ฮนฯฮฑ. ฮ‰, ฮฑฮบฯŒฮผฮฑ, ฮผฮนฮฑฯ‚ ฮฌฮปฮปฮทฯ‚ ฮ‘ฮธฮฎฮฝฮฑฯ‚-ฮ‘ฮธฮทฮฝฮฌฯ‚, ฮณฮตฯฮฑฯƒฮผฮญฮฝฮทฯ‚ ฮผฮตฮฝ ฮฑฮปฮปฮฌ ฯƒฯฮณฯ‡ฯฮฟฮฝฮทฯ‚ (ฯŒฯ€ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮดฮนฮญฮบฯฮนฮฝฮต ฮฌฮปฮปฮท ฯƒฯ…ฮผฮผฮตฯ„ฮญฯ‡ฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮฑ ฮตฮฝฮดฯ…ฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฟฮปฮฟฮณฮนฮบฮฌ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯƒฯ„ฮนฮปฮนฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฮฌ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟฮนฯ‡ฮตฮฏฮฑ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮตฮนฮบฮฟฮฝฮนฮถฯŒฮผฮตฮฝฮทฯ‚ ฮณฯ…ฮฝฮฑฮฏฮบฮฑฯ‚) ฮผฮต ฮตฮผฯ†ฮฑฮฝฮฎ ฮฟฯฮณฮฎ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฮณฮฟฮฎฯ„ฮตฯ…ฯƒฮท ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ€ฮฝฮตฯ…ฮผฮฑฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ ฮญฮฝฮดฮตฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯ‡ฯŽฯฮฑฯ‚ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚.

ฮŸ ฮดฮต ฮบฮฟฯฮผฯŒฯ‚ ฮดฮญฮฝฯ„ฯฮฟฯ…, ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮฏฮฑ ฯฮนฮถฯŽฮฝ (ฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯฮฏฮฑฯ‚/ฯ€ฮฑฯฮตฮปฮธฯŒฮฝฯ„ฮฟฯ‚) ฮบฮฑฮน ฮบฮปฮฑฮดฮนฯŽฮฝ (ฮผฮตฮปฮปฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮนฮบฯŽฮฝ ฮดฯ…ฮฝฮฑฯ„ฮฟฯ„ฮฎฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ), ฮตฮนฮดฯŽฮธฮทฮบฮต ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮฑฮปฮปฮทฮณฮฟฯฮฏฮฑ ฮตฮฝฯŒฯ‚ ฮฑฯƒฯ†ฯ…ฮบฯ„ฮนฮบฮฟฯ ฯ€ฮฑฯฯŒฮฝฯ„ฮฟฯ‚: ฮผฮนฮฑฯ‚ ฮถฯ‰ฮฎฯ‚, ฮป.ฯ‡.  ฮผฮญฯƒฮฑ ฯƒฮต ฮญฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮนฮบฯฯŒ ฮดฯ…ฮฌฯฮน, ฯƒฮต ฮญฮฝฮฑ ฯ€ฯ…ฮบฮฝฯŒ ฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฯŒ ฯ„ฮฟฯ€ฮฏฮฟ, ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฮฑฮฝฮฑฮผฮฝฮฎฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚ ฮผฮนฮฑฯ‚ ฮฌฮปฮปฮทฯ‚ ฮถฯ‰ฮฎฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮผฮนฮฑฯ‚ ฮฌฮปฮปฮทฯ‚ ฮตฯ€ฮฟฯ‡ฮฎฯ‚ ฯƒฮต ฮตฮพฮฑฮฝฮฑฮณฮบฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฯƒฮนฯŽฯ€ฮทฯƒฮท. ฮœฮญฯƒฮฑ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮดฮนฮฑฯ†ฮฟฯฮตฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ ฮฑฮฝฮฌฮณฮฝฯ‰ฯƒฮท, ฮฟ ฮบฮฟฯฮผฯŒฯ‚, ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฯ€ฯ„ฯ…ฯ‡ฯŽฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚, ฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ ฮบฯ…ฮผฮฑฯ„ฮนฯƒฮผฮฟฯฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฯƒฯ€ฮทฮปฮฑฮนฯŽฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚ ฯ„ฮฟฯ…, ฮธฯฮผฮนฯƒฮต ฮญฮฝฮฑ ฯƒฯฮฝฮฟฮปฮฟ ฮฑฮนฮดฮฟฮฏฯ‰ฮฝ, ฮฑฮฝฮฟฮฏฮณฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ‚ ฮญฯ„ฯƒฮน ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฮฟฯฮฏฮถฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฑ ฮตฯฮผฮทฮฝฮตฮนฯŽฮฝ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฯฮฟฯƒฯ‰ฯ€ฮนฮบฯŒ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฯƒฯ…ฮปฮปฮฟฮณฮนฮบฯŒ. ฮ— ฯฮฟฮฎ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฯ„ฮทฯฮฎฮธฮทฮบฮต ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฮฑฮฝฮฌฮณฮปฯ…ฯ†ฮฟ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮบฮฟฯฮผฮฟฯ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮบฮฏฮฝฮทฯƒฮท ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯ†ฮฟฯฯƒฯ„ฮฑฯ‚-ฯ†ฮฟฯ…ฯƒฯ„ฮฑฮฝฮญฮปฮฑฯ‚ ฮฎฯ„ฮฑฮฝ ฯ„ฮฑ ฮผฯŒฮฝฮฑ ฯƒฮทฮผฮตฮฏฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฯ€ฮฏฮฝฮฑฮบฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮฑ ฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮฏฮฑ ฮท ฮฟฮผฮฌฮดฮฑ ฮตฮฝฯ„ฯŒฯ€ฮนฯƒฮต ฮบฮฌฯ€ฮฟฮนฮฑ ฮบฮฏฮฝฮทฯƒฮท. ฮ— ฯƒฯ…ฮถฮฎฯ„ฮทฯƒฮท ฮตฯ€ฮญฯƒฯ„ฯฮตฯˆฮต ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฮถฮฎฯ„ฮทฮผฮฑ (ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฯƒฯ„ฮฑฮธฮตฯฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮฏฮทฯƒฮทฯ‚) ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฮญฮผฯ†ฯ…ฮปฯ‰ฮฝ ฯƒฯ„ฮตฯฮตฮฟฯ„ฯฯ€ฯ‰ฮฝ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮฏฯƒฯ„ฮนฮพฮท ฮบฮฟฯฮผฮฟฯ/ฮฑฮนฮดฮฟฮฏฮฟฯ… ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ†ฮฟฯ…ฯƒฯ„ฮฑฮฝฮญฮปฮฑฯ‚โ€”ฯ€ฮฟฯ…, ฮฑฮฝ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฮดฮฟฯƒฮนฮฑฮบฮฌ ฮปฮตฮนฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฯฮณฮตฮฏ ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮตฮปฮปฮทฮฝฮนฮบฯŒ ฯƒฯฮผฮฒฮฟฮปฮฟ ฮฑฮฝฮดฯฮนฯƒฮผฮฟฯ, ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฮตฮฝ ฮปฯŒฮณฯ‰ ฮญฯฮณฮฟ ฯ†ฮฟฯฮนฮญฯ„ฮฑฮน ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮณฯ…ฮฝฮฑฮฏฮบฮฑ.

ฮคฮญฮปฮฟฯ‚, ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฮปฮตฮบฯ„ฯŒ ฯƒฯ„ฮฑ ฯ‡ฮญฯฮนฮฑ ฮผฮนฮฑฯ‚ ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฯƒฯ„ฮฑฯƒฮนฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮนฮทฮผฮญฮฝฮทฯ‚ ฮณฮทฯฮฑฮนฮฌฯ‚ ฮณฯ…ฮฝฮฑฮนฮบฮตฮฏฮฑฯ‚ ฯ†ฮนฮณฮฟฯฯฮฑฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฑฯฮญฯ€ฮตฮผฯˆฮต ฯƒฯ„ฮนฯ‚ tricoteuses ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮ“ฮฑฮปฮปฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚ ฮ•ฯ€ฮฑฮฝฮฌฯƒฯ„ฮฑฯƒฮทฯ‚ (ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฮณฯ…ฮฝฮฑฮฏฮบฮตฯ‚ ฮตฮบฮตฮฏฮฝฮตฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮบฮฌฮธฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฑฮฝ ฮบฮน ฮญฯ€ฮปฮตฮบฮฑฮฝ ฮดฮฏฯ€ฮปฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮณฮบฮนฮปฮฟฯ„ฮฏฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮตฯ„ฯฯŽฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ‚ ฯ„ฮฑ ฮบฮตฯ†ฮฌฮปฮนฮฑ ฯŒฯƒฯ‰ฮฝ ฮตฮบฯ„ฮตฮปฮฟฯฮฝฯ„ฮฑฮฝ) ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฯ„ฯฯ€ฯ‰ฯƒฮต ฮฟ ฮšฮฌฯฮฟฮปฮฟฯ‚ ฮฯ„ฮฏฮบฮตฮฝฯ‚ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฮตฮผฮฒฮปฮทฮผฮฑฯ„ฮนฮบฯŒ ฮผฯ…ฮธฮนฯƒฯ„ฯŒฯฮทฮผฮฌ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮ™ฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯฮฏฮฑ ฮ”ฯฮฟ ฮ ฯŒฮปฮตฯ‰ฮฝ.  ฮœฮตฯ„ฮฌ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฮบฮฌฮปฯ…ฯˆฮท ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯ„ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒฯ„ฮทฯ„ฮฑฯ‚ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮญฯฮณฮฟฯ… ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯƒฯ‡ฮญฯƒฮทฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮดฮญฮตฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ…ฯ€ฮฟฮบฮตฮฏฮผฮตฮฝฮฟ ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮฟ ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮนฮบฮตฮฏฮผฮตฮฝฮฟ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮตฮนฮบฮฟฮฝฮฟฮณฯฮฑฯ†ฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚ ฮฑฮฝฮฑฯ€ฮฑฯฮฌฯƒฯ„ฮฑฯƒฮทฯ‚, ฮท ฯƒฯ…ฮถฮฎฯ„ฮทฯƒฮท ฮตฯ€ฮฑฮฝฮฎฮปฮธฮต ฯƒฯฮฝฯ„ฮฟฮผฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฮฑฮนฮฝฮนฮณฮผฮฑฯ„ฮนฮบฮฌ ฮทฮผฮนฯ„ฮตฮปฮญฯ‚ (ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฑฯ„ฮตฮปฮญฯ‚ ฮดฮตฮดฮฟฮผฮญฮฝฮทฯ‚ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮดฮนฮฌฯ„ฮฑฮพฮฎฯ‚ ฯ„ฮฟฯ…) ฮตฯฮณฯŒฯ‡ฮตฮนฯฮฟ, ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ€ฯฮฟฮญฮบฯ„ฮฑฯƒฮท ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮผฯ€ฮปฮต ฮฝฮฎฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฟฯ‚ ฮฝฮฑ ฯ‡ฮฌฮฝฮตฯ„ฮฑฮน ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฮบฮฌฯ„ฯ‰ ฮผฮญฯฮฟฯ‚ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮบฮฌฮดฯฮฟฯ… ฮบฮฑฮนโ€”ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮฌฮปฮปฮฟฯ‚ ฮฟฮผฯ†ฮฌฮปฮนฮฟฯ‚ ฮปฯŽฯฮฟฯ‚โ€”ฮฝฮฑ ฯ…ฯ€ฮตฮฝฮธฯ…ฮผฮฏฮถฮตฮน ฯ„ฮท ฯƒฯฮฝฮดฮตฯƒฮท ฯ„ฯŒฯƒฮฟ ฮผฮทฯ„ฮญฯฮฑฯ‚-ฮบฯŒฯฮทฯ‚ ฯŒฯƒฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮญฯฮณฮฟฯ… ฯ„ฮญฯ‡ฮฝฮทฯ‚-ฮธฮตฮฑฯ„ฮฎ.

ฮคฮฟ ฮธฮญฮผฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮฏฮฟ ฮฟฮน ฯƒฯ…ฮผฮผฮตฯ„ฮญฯ‡ฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮตฯ‚ ฮบฮปฮฎฮธฮทฮบฮฑฮฝ ฮฝฮฑ ฮฑฯ€ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮฎฯƒฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฮฎฯ„ฮฑฮฝ ยซฮณฯฮฌฯˆฯ„ฮต ฮณฮนโ€™ ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮผฮฑฯ‚ ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮดฮญฮตฮนยป. ฮคฮฑ ฮบฮตฮฏฮผฮตฮฝฮฑ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮฑฮฝฮฑฮณฮฝฯŽฯƒฯ„ฮทฮบฮฑฮฝ ฮญฮบฮฑฮฝฮฑฮฝ ฮปฯŒฮณฮฟ ฮณฮนฮฑ ยซฯƒฯฮฝฮดฮตฯƒฮท ฮผฮญฯƒฯ‰ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮผฮฎฯ„ฯฮฑฯ‚ยป ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ยซฯ€ฮญฮฝฮธฮฟฯ‚ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฯƒฯฮฝฮดฮตฯƒฮทฯ‚ยป ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮฟฮดฯ…ฮฝฮทฯฮฎ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒฯ‡ฯฮฟฮฝฮฑ ฮฑฯ€ฮตฮปฮตฯ…ฮธฮตฯฯ‰ฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ ฮดฮนฮฑฮดฮนฮบฮฑฯƒฮฏฮฑ. ฮฃฯ…ฮฝฮญฮดฮตฯƒฮฑฮฝ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ„ฯฮญฯ‡ฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮฑ ฯ€ฮฑฮณฮบฯŒฯƒฮผฮนฮฑ ฯ…ฮณฮตฮนฮฟฮฝฮฟฮผฮนฮบฮฎ ฮบฯฮฏฯƒฮท ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฮตฯ€ฮนฮฒฮตฮฒฮปฮทฮผฮญฮฝฮฟ ฮตฮณฮบฮปฮตฮนฯƒฮผฯŒ ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฯ€ฯฮฟฮทฮณฮฟฯฮผฮตฮฝฯ‰ฮฝ ฮตฯ„ฯŽฮฝ ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฑฮบฮนฮฝฮทฯ„ฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮฏฮทฯƒฮท ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฑฯ€ฮฑฮธฮฑฮฝฮฌฯ„ฮนฯƒฮท ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮผฮทฯ„ฮญฯฮฑฯ‚-ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮนฮบฮตฮนฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฯ… ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮบฯŒฯฮท-ฯ…ฯ€ฮฟฮบฮตฮฏฮผฮตฮฝฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮตฯฮผฮฎฮฝฮตฯ…ฯƒฮฑฮฝ ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮผฮนฮฑ ฯ€ฯฮฌฮพฮท ฯ„ฯŒฯƒฮฟ ฮฑฮณฮฌฯ€ฮทฯ‚ ฯŒฯƒฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮผฮฏฯƒฮฟฯ…ฯ‚. ฮˆฮบฮฑฮฝฮฑฮฝ ฮปฯŒฮณฮฟ, ฯ„ฮญฮปฮฟฯ‚, ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮท ฯƒฯฮฝฮดฮตฯƒฮท-ฯ‰ฯ‚-ฯ†ฯ…ฮปฮฑฮบฮฎ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฯ„ฮทฯฮตฮฏฯ„ฮฑฮน ฯƒฮต ฯƒฯ‡ฮญฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚ ฮฑฮฏฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฟฯ‚ ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฯƒฯ…ฮผฯ€ฯ„ฯ‰ฮผฮฑฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฑฮธฮฟฮณฮญฮฝฮตฮนฮฑฯ‚ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮตฮปฮปฮทฮฝฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚ ฮฟฮนฮบฮฟฮณฮญฮฝฮตฮนฮฑฯ‚, ฮฑฮปฮปฮฌ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮท ฮดฯฮฝฮฑฮผฮท ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯƒฯ…ฮณฯ‡ฯŽฯฮตฯƒฮทฯ‚ ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮผฮญฯƒฮฟ ฮบฮฑฯ„ฮฌฮบฯ„ฮทฯƒฮทฯ‚ ฮผฮนฮฑฯ‚ ฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮนฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚ ฮตฯ€ฮฑฮฝฮฑฯƒฯฮฝฮดฮตฯƒฮทฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฑฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฮฏฯ„ฮทฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮบฮฟฮนฮฝฯ‰ฮฝฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚ ฮดฮตฮพฮนฯŒฯ„ฮทฯ„ฮฑฯ‚.

ฮšฮฑฮปฮฟฯฮผฮต ฯŒฮปฮตฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯŒฮปฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฯƒฯ…ฮผฮผฮตฯ„ฮตฮฏฯ‡ฮฑฯ„ฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮฟฮนฯฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮตฮฏฯ„ฮต ฯŒฯƒฮฑ ฮณฯฮฌฯˆฮฑฯ„ฮต ฮบฮฑฯ„ฮฌ ฯ„ฮท ฮดฮนฮฌฯฮบฮตฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮตฮดฯฮฏฮฑฯ‚ ฮผฮฑฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฮบฮฌฯ„ฯ‰ (โ€œLeave a replyโ€) ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฝฮฑ ฮบฯฮฑฯ„ฮฎฯƒฮฟฯ…ฮผฮต ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฎ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ„ฯŒฯƒฮฟ ฮตฮฝฮดฮนฮฑฯ†ฮญฯฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮฑ ฯƒฯ…ฮถฮฎฯ„ฮทฯƒฮฎ ฮผฮฑฯ‚ ฮถฯ‰ฮฝฯ„ฮฑฮฝฮฎ, ฯ…ฯ€ฮตฮฝฮธฯ…ฮผฮฏฮถฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฌฯ‚ ฯƒฮฑฯ‚, ฮฒฮตฮฒฮฑฮฏฯ‰ฯ‚, ฯŒฯ„ฮน ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฎ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮดฮทฮผฯŒฯƒฮนฮฑ ฯ€ฮปฮฑฯ„ฯ†ฯŒฯฮผฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮท ฯ€ฯฯŒฯƒฮฒฮฑฯƒฮท ฮฑฮฝฮฟฮนฯ‡ฯ„ฮฎ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฮบฮฟฮนฮฝฯŒ.

ฮ˜ฮฑ ฮธฮญฮปฮฑฮผฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮฌฮธฮฟฯ…ฮผฮต ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฯƒฯƒฯŒฯ„ฮตฯฮฑ  ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮตฮผฯ€ฮตฮนฯฮฏฮฑ ฯƒฮฑฯ‚ ฮผฮต ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮญฯ‚ ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮตฮดฯฮฏฮตฯ‚. ฮ‘ฮฝ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮตฯ€ฮนฮธฯ…ฮผฮตฮฏฯ„ฮต, ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฮบฮฑฮปฮฟฯฮผฮต ฮฑฯ†ฮนฮตฯฯŽฯƒฯ„ฮต ฮปฮฏฮณฮฟ ฯ‡ฯฯŒฮฝฮฟ ฯƒฮต ฮผฮนฮฑ ฯƒฯฮฝฯ„ฮฟฮผฮท ฮญฯฮตฯ…ฮฝฮฑ ฮดฯฮฟ ฮตฯฯ‰ฯ„ฮฎฯƒฮตฯ‰ฮฝ!

ฮ‘ฮบฮฟฮปฮฟฯ…ฮธฮฎฯƒฯ„ฮต ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฯƒฯฮฝฮดฮตฯƒฮผฮฟ: https://tinyurl.com/nmedg-survey


ฮ•ฮปฮญฮฝฮท ฮœฮนฯ‡ฮฑฮปฮฑฮบฮฟฯ€ฮฟฯฮปฮฟฯ….
ยซฮ— ฮผฮทฯ„ฮญฯฮฑ ฮผฮฟฯ…ยป.
ฮ‘ฯ€ฯŒ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฑฯ„ฮฟฮผฮนฮบฮฎ ฮญฮบฮธฮตฯƒฮท ฮฃฯ…ฮณฮณฮญฮฝฮตฮนฮตฯ‚
(ฮ ฮฟฮปฮนฯ„ฮนฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฯŒ ฮšฮญฮฝฯ„ฯฮฟ ฮกฮฑฯ†ฮฎฮฝฮฑฯ‚ โ€“ ฮ ฮนฮบฮตฯฮผฮฏฮฟฯ…, 2018)

Live Virtual Group Session: 12PM EST November 18th 2022

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this session!

For this session we read a poem Remember” by Joy Harjo, posted below. 

Our prompt was: โ€œWrite about what you remember.โ€

More details will be posted on this session, so check back again!

Participants are warmly encouraged to share what you wrote below (โ€œLeave a Replyโ€), to keep the conversation going here, bearing in mind that the blog of course is a public space where confidentiality is not assured.

Also, we would love to learn more about your experience of these sessions, so if youโ€™re able, please take the time to fill out a follow-up survey of one to two quick questions!

Please join us for our next session Monday November 28th at 6pm EST, with more times listed on our Live Virtual Group Sessions.


"Remember" by Joy Harjo

Remember the sky that you were born under,
know each of the star's stories.
Remember the moon, know who she is.
Remember the sun's birth at dawn, that is the
strongest point of time. Remember sundown
and the giving away to night.
Remember your birth, how your mother struggled
to give you form and breath. You are evidence of
her life, and her mother's, and hers.
Remember your father. He is your life, also.
Remember the earth whose skin you are:
red earth, black earth, yellow earth, white earth
brown earth, we are earth.
Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their
tribes, their families, their histories, too. Talk to them,
listen to them. They are alive poems.
Remember the wind. Remember her voice. She knows the
origin of this universe.
Remember you are all people and all people
are you.
Remember you are this universe and this
universe is you.
Remember all is in motion, is growing, is you.
Remember language comes from this.
Remember the dance language is, that life is.
Remember.

Copyright ยฉ1983 by Joy Harjo 
from She Had Some Horses by Joy Harjo. 
Used by permission of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Live Virtual Group Session: 6PM EST November 14th 2022

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this session!

For this session we read a poem โ€œHeart On Fireโ€ by Ada Limรณn, posted below.ย 

Our prompt was: โ€œWrite about getting in trouble.โ€

More details will be posted on this session, so check back again!

Participants are warmly encouraged to share what you wrote below (โ€œLeave a Replyโ€), to keep the conversation going here, bearing in mind that the blog of course is a public space where confidentiality is not assured.

Also, we would love to learn more about your experience of these sessions, so if youโ€™re able, please take the time to fill out a follow-up survey of one to two quick questions!

Please join us for our next session Friday November 18th at 12pm EST, with more times listed on our Live Virtual Group Sessions.


Heart On Fireโ€ by Ada Limรณn

As a foster child, my grandfather learned not
to get in trouble. Mexican and motherlessโ€”dead
as she was from tuberculosisโ€”he practiced words
in a new language and kept his slender head down.
When the other boys begged him to slip into
the music shopโ€™s upper window to steal harmonicas
for each of them, music being important, thievery
being secondary, he refused. When the cops came
to spot the boys who robbed the music store, they 
could easily find the ones spitting broken
notes into the air, joyously mouthing the stainless 
steel, mimicking men on street corners busking 
for coins. But not my grandfather, he knew not
to risk it all for a stolen moment of exaltation.
Itโ€™s easy to imagine  this is who I come from, a line
of serious men who follow the rules, but might I add
that later he was a dancer, a singer, an actor whose best roles
ended up on the cutting room floor. A cutup, a ham
who liked a good story. Who would have told you
life was a series of warnings, but also magic. Once,
he was sent for a box of matches and he put that box
of strike-anywheres in the pocket of his madras shirt
and ran home, he ran so fast to be on time, to be good,
and when he did so, the whole box ignited, so he was
a boy running down the canyon road with what
looked like a heart on fire. Heโ€™d laugh when he told 
you this, a heart on fire, heโ€™d say, so youโ€™d remember.

Limรณn, Ada. The Hurting Kind. (2022) โ€œHeart On Fireโ€ p.62. Minneapolis: Milkweed Edition.

Live Virtual Group Session: 6PM EST November 7th 2022

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this session!

For this session we read a poem At Blackwater Pond” by Mary Oliver, posted below. 

Our prompt was: โ€œThe beautiful thing that just happened is…โ€

More details will be posted on this session, so check back again!

Participants are warmly encouraged to share what you wrote below (โ€œLeave a Replyโ€), to keep the conversation going here, bearing in mind that the blog of course is a public space where confidentiality is not assured.

Also, we would love to learn more about your experience of these sessions, so if youโ€™re able, please take the time to fill out a follow-up survey of one to two quick questions!

Please join us for our next session Monday November 14th at 6pm EST, with more times listed on our Live Virtual Group Sessions.


At Blackwater Pond โ€ by Mary Oliver

At Blackwater Pond the tossed waters have
settled
after a night of rain. 
I dip my cupped hands. I drink
a long time. It tastes
like stone, leaves, fire. It falls cold
into my body, waking the bones. I hear them
deep inside me, whispering
oh what is that beautiful thing
that just happened?

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ฮ–ฯ‰ฮฝฯ„ฮฑฮฝฮฎ ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮตฮดฯฮฏฮฑ ฮฑฯ†ฮทฮณฮทฮผฮฑฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚ ฮนฮฑฯ„ฯฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚:ย ฮšฯ…ฯฮนฮฑฮบฮฎ 6 ฮฮฟฮตฮผฮฒฯฮฏฮฟฯ…, 7:30 ฮผ.ฮผ. EET

ฮ”ฮตฮบฮฑฮตฯ€ฯ„ฮฌ ฯƒฯ…ฮผฮผฮตฯ„ฮญฯ‡ฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮตฯ‚/-ฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮตฯ‚ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฮดฮนฮฌฯ†ฮฟฯฮตฯ‚ ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฮฟฯ‡ฮญฯ‚ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮ•ฮปฮปฮฌฮดฮฑฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮšฯฯ€ฯฮฟฯ… ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮฎฮธฮทฮบฮฑฮฝ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮฝฮฑ ฯƒฯ…ฮถฮทฯ„ฮฎฯƒฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮดฮนฮฎฮณฮทฮผฮฑ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮˆฮปฮตฮฝฮฑฯ‚ ฮ ฮญฮณฮบฮฑ ยซฮ”ฮญฯฮผฮฑยป (ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯ„ฮท ฯƒฯ…ฮปฮปฮฟฮณฮฎ ฮดฮนฮทฮณฮทฮผฮฌฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฮฃฯ†ฮนฯ‡ฯ„ฮญฯ‚ ฮถฯŽฮฝฮตฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฌฮปฮปฮฑ ฮดฮญฯฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฑ โ€” ฮตฮบฮด. ฮ†ฮณฯฮฑ 2011). ฮคฮญฯƒฯƒฮตฯฮนฯ‚ ฮตฮพ ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŽฮฝ ฯ€ฯฮฟฯƒฯ†ฮญฯฮธฮทฮบฮฑฮฝ ฮฝฮฑ ฮดฮนฮฑฮฒฮฌฯƒฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮบฮตฮฏฮผฮตฮฝฮฟ ฮฑฮฝฮฌ ฮถฮตฯฮณฮท, ฮบฮน ฮญฯ„ฯƒฮน ฮฝฮฑ ฮถฯ‰ฮฝฯ„ฮฑฮฝฮญฯˆฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮดฮนฮฌฮปฮฟฮณฮฟ ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฮดฯฮฟ ฯ‡ฮฑฯฮฑฮบฯ„ฮฎฯฯ‰ฮฝ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮดฮนฮทฮณฮฎฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฟฯ‚ ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฯฮฟฯƒฯ‰ฯ€ฮนฮบฯŒ ฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ ฮทฯ‡ฯŒฯ‡ฯฯ‰ฮผฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฮดฮนฮบฯŒ ฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ ฯฯ…ฮธฮผฯŒ ฮฑฮฝฮฌฮณฮฝฯ‰ฯƒฮทฯ‚. ฮ— ฯƒฯฮฝฯ„ฮฟฮผฮท ฯ†ฯŒฯฮผฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮดฮนฮทฮณฮฎฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฟฯ‚ (ฮผฯŒฮปฮนฯ‚ ฮผฮฏฮฑ ฯƒฮตฮปฮฏฮดฮฑ) ฮบฮฑฮธฯŽฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ฮบฮฑฯ„ฮฌ ฮบฮฟฮนฮฝฮฎ ฮฟฮผฮฟฮปฮฟฮณฮฏฮฑ ยซฮตฯ€ฮนฯ†ฮฑฮฝฮตฮนฮฑฮบฯŒยป ฮธฮญฮผฮฑ ฯƒฯ…ฮถฮฎฯ„ฮทฯƒฮทฯ‚ ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฮดฯฮฟ ฯ€ฯฮฟฯƒฯŽฯ€ฯ‰ฮฝ (ฮท ฮ‘ฮผฮตฯฮนฮบฮฎ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮœฮฌฮนฮบฮป ฮคฮถฮฌฮบฯƒฮฟฮฝ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮฌฮปฮปฮฑฮพฮต ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ‡ฯฯŽฮผฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮดฮญฯฮผฮฑฯ„ฯŒฯ‚ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮณฯ…ฮฝฮฑฮฏฮบฮฑฯ‚-ฮณฮฌฯ„ฮฑฯ‚ ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ 59 ฯ€ฮปฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฮญฯ‚, ฮฑฮปฮปฮฌ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮบฮฌฮธฮต ฮปฮฟฮณฮฎฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฌฮพฮตฮฝฮฟ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮดฮนฮฑฮฒฮฌฮถฮตฮน ฮบฮฑฮฝฮตฮฏฯ‚ ฯƒฯ„ฮฑ ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฮฟฮดฮนฮบฮฌ) ฯ€ฯฮฟฮบฮฌฮปฮตฯƒฮฑฮฝ ฮฑฯฯ‡ฮนฮบฮฌ ฯ€ฮฟฮนฮบฮฏฮปฮตฯ‚ ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮนฮดฯฮฌฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ€ฯฮฟฮฒฮปฮทฮผฮฌฯ„ฮนฯƒฮฑฮฝ ฯ„ฯŒฯƒฮฟ ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฯ€ฯฮฟฯ‚ ฯ„ฮท ฮดฮฟฮผฮนฮบฮฎ ฯŒฯƒฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮท ฮฝฮฟฮทฮผฮฑฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ ฯ€ฮปฮทฯฯŒฯ„ฮทฯ„ฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮบฮตฮนฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฯ…. ฮฃฯ…ฮถฮทฯ„ฮฎฮธฮทฮบฮต ฮท ฮทฮธฮนฮบฮฎ ฮดฮนฮฌฯƒฯ„ฮฑฯƒฮท ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฮนฮฑฯ„ฯฮนฮบฯŽฮฝ ฯ€ฮฑฯฮตฮผฮฒฮฌฯƒฮตฯ‰ฮฝ ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮตฯ€ฮนฯ†ฮฌฮฝฮตฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฯƒฯŽฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฟฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฟ ฯ†ฯŒฮฒฮฟฯ‚ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮฑฮปฮปฮฟฯ„ฯฮฏฯ‰ฯƒฮทฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮตฯ€ฮนฯ†ฮญฯฮตฮน ฮท ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮฌฮฝฯ„ฮทฯƒฮท ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮฟ ยซฮฌฮปฮปฮฟยป, ฯ„ฮฟ ฮดฮนฮฑฯ†ฮฟฯฮตฯ„ฮนฮบฯŒ, ฯ„ฮฟ ฮณฮบฯฮฟฯ„ฮญฯƒฮบฮฟ. ฮ— ฯƒฯ…ฮถฮฎฯ„ฮทฯƒฮท ฮตฯ€ฮตฮบฯ„ฮฌฮธฮทฮบฮต ฯƒฯ„ฮท ฮณฮตฮฝฮตฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ ฮนฮฑฯ„ฯฮนฮบฮฎ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฮตฮบฮฒฮฌฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮนฮผฮตฯ„ฯŽฯ€ฮนฯƒฮท ฯƒฮฟฮฒฮฑฯฯŽฮฝ ฮฑฯƒฮธฮตฮฝฮตฮนฯŽฮฝ, ฮบฮฑฮธฯŽฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฑฮญฮฝฮฑฮท ฮตฯ€ฮฑฮฝฮตฯ†ฮตฯฯฮตฯƒฮท ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮตฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฟฯ (ฯŒฯ€ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯ‡ฯŽฯฮฑฯ‚ ยซฮ‘ฮผฮตฯฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚ยป) ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฯ„ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒฯƒฮทฮผฮท ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฟฯ€ ฮบฮฟฯ…ฮปฯ„ฮฟฯฯฮฑฯ‚ ฮฎ, ฮฑฮบฯŒฮผฮฑ, ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯ€ฯฮฟฯƒฯ€ฮฌฮธฮตฮนฮฑฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฯ„ฮฌฮบฯ„ฮทฯƒฮทฯ‚ ฮผฮนฮฑฯ‚ ฮฟฯ…ฯ„ฮฟฯ€ฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚โ€”ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฑฯ€ฮตฮปฮตฯ…ฮธฮตฯฯ‰ฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚โ€”ฮตฯ„ฮตฯฯŒฯ„ฮทฯ„ฮฑฯ‚. ฮ— ฮตฯ€ฮนฮธฯ…ฮผฮฏฮฑ ฮบฯ…ฯฮนฮฑฯฯ‡ฮฏฮฑฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฌฮฝฯ‰ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฮดฮญฯฮผฮฑ ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฯ€ฮตฮดฮฏฮฟ ฯƒฮบฮทฮฝฮฟฮธฮตฯƒฮฏฮฑฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮบฮฟฮนฮฝฯ‰ฮฝฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚ ฮตฯ€ฮนฯ„ฮญฮปฮตฯƒฮทฯ‚ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮตฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฟฯ ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฯ„ฮญฮปฮตฯƒฮต ฯƒฮทฮผฮตฮฏฮฟ ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮนฯ€ฮฑฯฮฌฮธฮตฯƒฮทฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮฟฯˆฮฏฮถฮตฯ„ฮฑฮน ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮตฮพฮฎฯ‚: ฮตฮฝฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮฏฯ‰ฯƒฮท ฯƒฯ„ฮท ฯ†ฯฯƒฮท ฮฎ ฮฑฮฝฮฌฮดฮตฮนฮพฮท ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮฏฮฑฯ‚ ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฯ€ฯฮฑฮณฮผฮฌฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ; ฮ‰, ฮผฮฎฯ€ฯ‰ฯ‚, ฮฑฯ€ฮปฯŽฯ‚ ฮผฮฏฮฑ ฯˆฮตฯ…ฮดฮฑฮฏฯƒฮธฮทฯƒฮท;

ฮฃฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮตฯฯŽฯ„ฮทฯƒฮท ยซฯ€ฯŽฯ‚ ฮธฮฑ ฯƒฮบฮทฮฝฮฟฮธฮตฯ„ฮฟฯฯƒฮฑฯ„ฮต ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒ ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฮดฮนฮฌฮปฮฟฮณฮฟ;ยป ฮท ฮฟฮผฮฌฮดฮฑ ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฮบฯฮฏฮธฮทฮบฮต ฮตฯ…ฯ†ฮฌฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯƒฯ…ฮณฮบฮนฮฝฮทฯ„ฮนฮบฮฌ: ฯƒฮต ฮญฮฝฮฑ ฮบฮฟฮผฮผฯ‰ฯ„ฮฎฯฮนฮฟ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮฝฮฑ ฯ€ฮตฯฮฌฯƒฮตฮน ฮท ฯŽฯฮฑร— ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฯŒ ฮปฮตฯ‰ฯ†ฮฟฯฮตฮฏฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฑฮฝฮฑฯ€ฯŒฯ†ฮตฯ…ฮบฯ„ฮท ฮตฮณฮณฯฯ„ฮทฯ„ฮฑ ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฮฌฮปฮปฮฟ ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮฏฮฑ ฮตฮพฮฑฮฝฮฑฮณฮบฮฌฮถฮตฮน ฮฟ ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฯ‰ฯƒฯ„ฮนฯƒฮผฯŒฯ‚ร— ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฑฮฏฮธฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮฑ ฮฑฮฝฮฑฮผฮฟฮฝฮฎฯ‚ ฯƒฯ„ฮฑ ฮตฯ€ฮตฮฏฮณฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฑ ฮตฮฝฯŒฯ‚ ฮฝฮฟฯƒฮฟฮบฮฟฮผฮตฮฏฮฟฯ…, ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ‚ ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฯ„ฮตฮปฮญฯƒฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฑ, ฯ€ฯฮฟฯƒฯ€ฮฑฮธฯŽฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ‚ ฮฝฮฑ ฮฝฮนฮบฮฎฯƒฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮบฮฟฯฯฮฑฯƒฮท ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฑฮณฯ‰ฮฝฮฏฮฑร— ฯƒฮต ฮญฮฝฮฑ ฮบฮฑฯ†ฮตฮฝฮตฮฏฮฟ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ ฮœฮฟฮปฮฌฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮ›ฮฑฮบฯ‰ฮฝฮฏฮฑฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฮพฮตฮฝฮนฯ„ฮตฮผฮญฮฝฯ‰ฮฝ ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ‚ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮšฮคฮ•ฮ› ฮบฮฑฮน ฮผฮนฮปฯŽฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ‚ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯŒฯƒฮฑ ฮตฮฏฮดฮฑฮฝ ฯƒฯ„ฮท ฮผฮฑฮบฯฮนฮฝฮฎ ฮ‘ฮผฮตฯฮนฮบฮฎร— ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฮธฮฌฮปฮฑฮผฮฟ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯ‡ฮทฮผฮตฮนฮฟฮธฮตฯฮฑฯ€ฮตฮฏฮฑฯ‚, ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮฝฮฑ ฮฝฮนฯŽฯƒฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฯŒฯ„ฮน ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮฑฮบฯŒฮผฮฑ ฮถฯ‰ฮฝฯ„ฮฑฮฝฮฟฮฏ. ฮˆฯ„ฯƒฮน ฮท ยซฯƒฮฑฯ‡ฮปฮฟฯƒฯ…ฮถฮฎฯ„ฮทฯƒฮทยป ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฯ‡ฮฑฯฮฑฮบฯ„ฮฎฯฯ‰ฮฝ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮดฮนฮทฮณฮฎฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฟฯ‚, ฮผฮญฯƒฮฑ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฎ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮตฯ€ฮตฮพฮตฯฮณฮฑฯƒฮฏฮฑ, ฮพฮฑฮฝฮฑฮตฮนฮดฯŽฮธฮทฮบฮต  ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮผฮทฯ‡ฮฑฮฝฮนฯƒฮผฯŒฯ‚ ฮตฯ€ฮนฮฒฮฏฯ‰ฯƒฮทฯ‚, ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮตฯ€ฮฑฮฝฮฑฯ†ฮฟฯฮฌ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ยซฮตฮดฯŽ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฯŽฯฮฑยป ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮฏฮดฮฟฯ„ฮฟ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฯ†ฯŒฮฒฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮท ฮผฮฟฮฝฮฑฮพฮนฮฌ. ฮšฮฌฯ€ฮฟฮนฮฑ ฮผฮญฮปฮท ฮผฮฌฮปฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฑ ฮตฯ€ฮนฮฒฮตฮฒฮฑฮฏฯ‰ฯƒฮฑฮฝ ฯ„ฮฟฯฯ„ฮฟ ฮฑฮบฯฮนฮฒฯŽฯ‚: ยซฮดฮนฮฑฮฒฮฌฮถฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ‚ [ฯ„ฮฟ ฮบฮตฮฏฮผฮตฮฝฮฟ] ฯ€ฮฌฮปฮน, ฮตฮฏฮดฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ ฯ‡ฮฑฯฮฑฮบฯ„ฮฎฯฮตฯ‚, ฮผฯ€ฮฎฮบฮฑ ฮฒฮฑฮธฯฯ„ฮตฯฮฑยป.

ฮคฮฟ ฮธฮญฮผฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮฏฮฟ ฯ„ฮฑ ฮผฮญฮปฮท ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮฟฮผฮฌฮดฮฑฯ‚ ฮบฮปฮฎฮธฮทฮบฮฑฮฝ ฮฝฮฑ ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฮบฯฮนฮธฮฟฯฮฝ ฮณฯฮฑฯ€ฯ„ฯŽฯ‚ ฮฎฯ„ฮฑฮฝ: ยซฮ“ฯฮฌฯˆฯ„ฮต ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮท ฯ†ฮฟฯฮฌ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮตฮฏฮดฮฑฯ„ฮต ฮบฮฌฯ€ฮฟฮนฮฟฮฝ ฮฝฮฑ ฮฑฮปฮปฮฌฮถฮตฮนยป. ฮœฮฏฮปฮทฯƒฮฑฮฝ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฮฒฮฌฮปฮปฮฟฮฝ ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฯ€ฯฮฟฮญฮบฯ„ฮฑฯƒฮท ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮฏฮดฮนฮฟฯ… ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮดฮญฯฮผฮฑฯ„ฯŒฯ‚ ฮผฮฑฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮบฮฑฮบฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮนฮตฮฏฯ„ฮฑฮน (ฮบฮน ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒ) ฮฑฮฝฮตฮปฮญฮทฯ„ฮฑร— ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯŒฮปฮฑ ฮตฮบฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮฑฮปฮปฮฌฮถฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฮผฮญฯƒฮฑ ฮผฮฑฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮผฮฑฯ‚ ฮธฯ‰ฯฮฑฮบฮฏฮถฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฮฑฯ€ฮญฮฝฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮน ฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ ฯ†ฯŒฮฒฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ ฮผฮฑฯ‚ร— ฮบฮฑฮน ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฮฑฮปฮปฮฑฮณฮญฯ‚ ฮตฮบฮตฮฏฮฝฮตฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮญฯฯ‡ฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฑฮน ฯƒฯ„ฮท ฮถฯ‰ฮฎ ฮผฮฑฯ‚ ฯƒฮฑฮฝ ฮบฮฟฮผฮฎฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮผฮฑฯ‚ ฯ‰ฮธฮฟฯฮฝ ฯƒฮต ฮฑฮฝฮฑฮณฮบฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎโ€”ฮบฮฑฮน ฯƒฯ…ฯ‡ฮฝฮฌ ฮฟฮดฯ…ฮฝฮทฯฮฎโ€”ฮตฯ€ฮฑฮฝฮตฮบฮบฮฏฮฝฮทฯƒฮท.

ฮฃฮฑฯ‚ ฯ€ฯฮฟฯƒฮบฮฑฮปฮฟฯฮผฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮฟฮนฯฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮตฮฏฯ„ฮต ฯ„ฮฑ ฮณฯฮฑฯ€ฯ„ฮฌ ฯƒฮฑฯ‚ ฮผฮฑฮถฮฏ ฮผฮฑฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฮบฮฌฯ„ฯ‰.

ฮšฮฑฮปฮฟฯฮผฮต ฯŒฮปฮตฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯŒฮปฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฯƒฯ…ฮผฮผฮตฯ„ฮตฮฏฯ‡ฮฑฯ„ฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮฟฮนฯฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮตฮฏฯ„ฮต ฯŒฯƒฮฑ ฮณฯฮฌฯˆฮฑฯ„ฮต ฮบฮฑฯ„ฮฌ ฯ„ฮท ฮดฮนฮฌฯฮบฮตฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮตฮดฯฮฏฮฑฯ‚ ฮผฮฑฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฮบฮฌฯ„ฯ‰ (โ€œLeave a replyโ€) ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฝฮฑ ฮบฯฮฑฯ„ฮฎฯƒฮฟฯ…ฮผฮต ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฎ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ„ฯŒฯƒฮฟ ฮตฮฝฮดฮนฮฑฯ†ฮญฯฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮฑ ฯƒฯ…ฮถฮฎฯ„ฮทฯƒฮฎ ฮผฮฑฯ‚ ฮถฯ‰ฮฝฯ„ฮฑฮฝฮฎ, ฯ…ฯ€ฮตฮฝฮธฯ…ฮผฮฏฮถฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฌฯ‚ ฯƒฮฑฯ‚, ฮฒฮตฮฒฮฑฮฏฯ‰ฯ‚, ฯŒฯ„ฮน ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฎ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮดฮทฮผฯŒฯƒฮนฮฑ ฯ€ฮปฮฑฯ„ฯ†ฯŒฯฮผฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮท ฯ€ฯฯŒฯƒฮฒฮฑฯƒฮท ฮฑฮฝฮฟฮนฯ‡ฯ„ฮฎ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฮบฮฟฮนฮฝฯŒ.

ฮ˜ฮฑ ฮธฮญฮปฮฑฮผฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮฌฮธฮฟฯ…ฮผฮต ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฯƒฯƒฯŒฯ„ฮตฯฮฑ  ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮตฮผฯ€ฮตฮนฯฮฏฮฑ ฯƒฮฑฯ‚ ฮผฮต ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮญฯ‚ ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮตฮดฯฮฏฮตฯ‚. ฮ‘ฮฝ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮตฯ€ฮนฮธฯ…ฮผฮตฮฏฯ„ฮต, ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฮบฮฑฮปฮฟฯฮผฮต ฮฑฯ†ฮนฮตฯฯŽฯƒฯ„ฮต ฮปฮฏฮณฮฟ ฯ‡ฯฯŒฮฝฮฟ ฯƒฮต ฮผฮนฮฑ ฯƒฯฮฝฯ„ฮฟฮผฮท ฮญฯฮตฯ…ฮฝฮฑ ฮดฯฮฟ ฮตฯฯ‰ฯ„ฮฎฯƒฮตฯ‰ฮฝ!

ฮ‘ฮบฮฟฮปฮฟฯ…ฮธฮฎฯƒฯ„ฮต ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฯƒฯฮฝฮดฮตฯƒฮผฮฟ: https://tinyurl.com/nmedg-survey


ฮˆฯ‡ฮตฮนฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฌฮตฮน ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ Aฮผฮตฯฮนฮบฮฎ;

   ฮŒฯ‡ฮน. ฮฉฯฮฑฮฏฮฑ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน;

   Nฮฑฮน.

   ฮ“ฮนฮฑ ฮผฮญฮฝฮฑ ฮท Aฮผฮตฯฮนฮบฮฎ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮฟ Mฮฌฮนฮบฮป Tฮถฮฌฮบฯƒฮฟฮฝ. Aฯ€ฯŒ ฮผฮฑฯฯฮฟฯ‚ ฮธฮญฮปฮทฯƒฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮณฮฏฮฝฮตฮน ฮปฮตฯ…ฮบฯŒฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮบฮฑฯ„ฮญฯƒฯ„ฯฮตฯˆฮต ฯ€ฮฌฮฝฯ‰ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮบฮฑฮธฮตฯ„ฮฏ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮธฯฮผฮนฮถฮต ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ€ฯฮฟฮญฮปฮตฯ…ฯƒฮฎ ฯ„ฮฟฯ…. ฮˆฮณฮนฮฝฮต ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒฯ‚ ฮฟ ฮดฮทฮผฮนฮฟฯ…ฯฮณฯŒฯ‚ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮตฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฟฯ ฯ„ฮฟฯ….

   Kฮฑฮน ฮฟฮน ฯ„ฯฮฑฮฒฮตฯƒฯ„ฮฏ ฮบฮฌฯ„ฮน ฯ€ฮฑฯฯŒฮผฮฟฮนฮฟ ฮบฮฌฮฝฮฟฯ…ฮฝ.

   Nฮฑฮน.

   Yฯ€ฮฌฯฯ‡ฮตฮน ฮบฮฑฮน ฮท ฮฌฮปฮปฮท ฮท ฮ‘ฮผฮตฯฮนฮบฮฌฮฝฮฑ ฮท Bฮฏฮปฮฝฯ„ฮตฮฝฯƒฯ„ฮฌฯŠฮฝ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮฎฮธฮตฮปฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮฟฮนฮฌฯƒฮตฮน ฮผฮต ฮณฮฌฯ„ฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ฮบฮฑฯ„ฮฌฯ†ฮตฯฮต. Mฮตฯ„ฮฌ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ 59 ฯ‡ฮตฮนฯฮฟฯ…ฯฮณฮนฮบฮญฯ‚ ฮตฯ€ฮตฮผฮฒฮฌฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚. Tฮทฮฝ ฮญฯ‡ฮตฮนฯ‚ ฮดฮตฮน;

   ฮ ฮฟฯ;

   ฮฃฯ„ฮฑ ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฮฟฮดฮนฮบฮฌ.

   ฮŒฯ‡ฮน. ฮ ฯŽฯ‚ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน;

   Tฯฮฟฮผฮฑฮบฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ. Mฮฟฮนฮฌฮถฮตฮน ฮผฮต ฮณฮฌฯ„ฮฑ.

   Tฮฟ ฮดฮญฯฮผฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮฑฮฝฮธฯฯŽฯ€ฮนฮฝฮฟฯ… ฯƒฯŽฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฟฯ‚ ฮฑฮฝ ฮฑฯ€ฮปฯ‰ฮฝฯŒฯ„ฮฑฮฝ ฮฟฯฮนฮถฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฏฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮธฮฑ ฮบฮฌฮปฯ…ฯ€ฯ„ฮต ฮญฮฝฮฑ ฮดฮนฯ€ฮปฯŒ ฮบฯฮตฮฒฮฌฯ„ฮน.

   Tฮฟ ฮญฯ‡ฮตฮนฯ‚ ฮดฮตฮน;

   ฮ ฮฟฯ;

   ฮฃฯ„ฮฑ ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฮฟฮดฮนฮบฮฌ.

   ฮฃฯ„ฮฑ ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฮฟฮดฮนฮบฮฌ;

   ฮŒฮปฮฑ ฯ…ฯ€ฮฌฯฯ‡ฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฯƒฯ„ฮฑ ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฮฟฮดฮนฮบฮฌ.

  ฮˆฮปฮตฮฝฮฑ ฮ ฮญฮณฮบฮฑ, ยซฮ”ฮญฯฮผฮฑยป (ฮฃฯ†ฮนฯ‡ฯ„ฮญฯ‚ ฮ–ฯŽฮฝฮตฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮ†ฮปฮปฮฑ ฮ”ฮญฯฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฑ. ฮ†ฮณฯฮฑ, 2011)


Live Virtual Group Session: 12PM EDT November 4th 2022

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For this session we read an excerpt from “This Here Flesh” by Cole Arthur Riley, posted below. 

Our prompt was: Start with “I will not apologize...”

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"This Here Flesh" by Cole Arthur Riley

"Rest is an act of defiance, and it cannot be predicated on apol-
ogy. It's the audacity to face the demands of this world and
proclaim, We will not be owned.
     We will not return to the chains that once held us. They are
brittle and tarnished from our tears, which made the flood.
Remember. You were never meant to prove your dignity. You,
whose flesh contains more bodies than your own. You don't
belong in the catacombs of restlessness, wandering from death
to death. Lie down with me in the pasture, where life is alive
and growing with the unapologetic slowness of a blade of
grass. What will become of us?
     We will be free and we will be dreaming."

Credit: This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur Riley (page 157)