T. had decided during this last Sunday’s Passages Service that he wanted to be dedicated to the church. This would be something similar to baptism is christian religions. He will be welcomed as an official extended family member to everyone of the congregants. It was pretty cool and kinda outta the blue that T. wanted [...]
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Posted in Unitarian Universalist, arts, community, critters, family, homesteading, tagged Cranberry Coffee House, Famache, Farming, goats, music on May 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Saturday began with me forcing myself awake after partying till midnight, at 7:ooam. I had to be out the door by 8:15am for a Goat Pasture Walk/Famache Training. The boys were still asleep when I was picked up by my goat and alpaca friend, Sharon H. We were seated in a cold garage with many [...]
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Julia Ward Howe’s Mother’s Day Proclamaition of 1870
The first North American Mother’s Day was conceptualized with Julia Ward Howe’s Mother’s Day Proclamation in 1870. Despite having penned The Battle Hymn of the Republic 12 years earlier, Howe had become so distraught by the death and carnage of the Civil War that she called on Mother’s [...]
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This may sound odd but I have not said those words in years, until yesterday. I have had pleasant times and hours and half hours, but a whole day is rare indeed. I took my time writing up my blogs in the morning and the boys played gently till I was through. Then I remembered [...]
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Sunday I was hoping to actually be able to sit and listen to a sermon from Douglas Taylor our minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Binghamton and have B. in Religious Education class without any incedents, but I was way off base. I woke to find T. wanting to attend Spirit Play! I was [...]
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This weekend I was extremely fortunate enough to have been able to attend my local Unitarian Universalist Spirituality Retreat. The theme for this retreat was Sound and Music. Singing in front of others or even with others has been extremely difficult for me all throughout my life, even though I love singing and music is [...]
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