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This Is My Only Home

February 5th, 2012 · 5 Comments · community, nature

“This is my home . . . this is my only home . . . this is the only sacred place I have ever known . . . “ We all sang that together last night, performers and audience alike, at the end of the Winterfolk concert, led by the radiant Tracy Grammer. I had [...]

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Making It Real: Barbara’s Story

December 30th, 2011 · 2 Comments · community, spirituality & religion

Barbara Kutasz penned this post about the unlikely, vibrant venue in which Christmas became real to her this year. Barbara is a friend and fellow member at  Lincoln Street Church here in Portland, Oregon. (If you thought us Portlanders are too liberal to embrace church, please think again: some of us progressive folks love God [...]

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Christmas As Community (Not Stuff)

December 25th, 2011 · No Comments · community

As a child, I confess I found Christmas gifts wildly exciting. (Maybe I was a pre-diamond-cut version of myself?) As an adult, though,  human beings are my steady focus of excitement. Our Christmas Eve last night was

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Diamond-Cut Christmas Shopping

December 20th, 2011 · No Comments · community

It’s early Tuesday morning, Christmas is Sunday, and I have Christmas gifts to buy. “What a last-minute shopper!” my carpool partner Cory grinned last night on the ride home. “This is on time,” I returned indignantly.

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Things I’m Excited About

November 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments · community

As Diamond-Cut Life readers know, I love not just sociability, but community, i.e.  interwoveness, especially between folks of varying ages and walks in life. So!  Thor’s and my 8th annual Christmas party is Sunday December 4th, from 2-7 p.m. Children are welcome; I’m pretty crazy about them. Jeremiah, 9, exclaimed the other day, “Wow, [...]

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