“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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Colleen Kaleda'
This Is My Only Home
February 5th, 2012 · 5 Comments · community, nature
Tags: Colleen Kaleda·Sisters of the Road·Tracy Grammer·Vicki Lind
The Joy Of Building Instead Of Destroying
April 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment · work
While the news is filled with the destructive war in Libya, a highly constructive event just occurred in Ethiopia. A Habitat For Humanity trip led
The Best Entertainment I’ve Ever Had
November 15th, 2009 · No Comments · community, entertainment, food & drink, health & well being, simplicity
Pretend we were all alive together 300 years ago, or 300,000 years ago. What would we do for fun, in the absence of internet, movies, television, and everything else made possible by cheap fossil fuels? I think we’d do what my friends did with me last night to celebrate my birthday: entertain each other without [...]
Tags: birthdays·Colleen Kaleda·dancing·fun·haiku·Jean Baumann·labor of love·party·risotto·singing·vegetarian
Responses To: How Does Change Happen?
November 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · lifestyle, politics, simplicity, sustainability
My post on How Does Change Happen? appeared to strike a chord. Juliet Wilson, the Scottish blogger of Crafty Green Poet, wrote in response: “There’s a circularity to it in some senses. Politicians feel they don’t want to make laws that will be unpopular but a lot of people won’t take their own actions if [...]
Tags: Colleen Kaleda·Juliet Wilson
High-Joy, No-Cost Fun: Haiku
May 26th, 2009 · No Comments · community, entertainment, work
A high-joy, low-consumption pursuit that my friend Colleen Kaleda, a journalist, and I love to do together is write haiku. Her first poem reflects that she and her husband merrily ousted some pavement from their property last summer. Contact speaks to our shared love of community and sociability. Which reminds me: this Thursday Colleen and [...]
Tags: Colleen Kaleda·fun·haiku
