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Spirit/Essay. Of mirrors and marathons. Reflections five years after Hell came home.

Posted on April 17, 2018 by healingwoman

It is April in New England, and the marathon has come again. Since 2013, race day is not a simple joy anymore. It is the anniversary of a bombing. It is the day we learned how strong we really were, … Continue reading →

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Spirit/Essay. Finding Power in Powerlessness.

Posted on January 8, 2018 by healingwoman

Once, I thought empowerment was finding abilities and building life on use of them. Then I survived a summer of powerlessness. One July day, I met an email friend and drove her to Salem. As a European, she was fascinated … Continue reading →

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Essay. Patriots’ Day

Posted on May 3, 2017 by healingwoman

It is April in New England. Snow is melting, the marathon is coming. Since 2013, that is not a simple joy anymore. It is the anniversary of a bombing, the day none of us were innocent any more, the day … Continue reading →

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Essay. The Time that is Given to Us.

Posted on November 14, 2015 by healingwoman

Once, “Is Paris burning?” referred to World War II and the question was whether retreating German troops would destroy the city because they could or would leave it intact because they could. Today I weep for Paris because it burned … Continue reading →

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Essay. Lessons from Doomsday.

Posted on September 11, 2015 by healingwoman

It is said the more things change, the more they remain the same. I remember September 11, 2001. Fourteen years have passed, but too little has changed, at least for the better. So, I offer up “Lessons from Doomsday.” Sometimes … Continue reading →

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Essay. The Answer to the Question.

Posted on March 12, 2015 by healingwoman

When the actress Cate Blanchett was asked by an interviewer what theme bound together the six films of the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit series, she answered with a question: “When did we allow evil to become more powerful than us?” … Continue reading →

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Essay. Lessons from Doomsday.

Posted on August 3, 2014 by healingwoman

The world has too many conflicts for the media to cover them all at the top of the hour. Yet our horrible obsession with war has temporarily been displaced by obsessive fear of disease, the hemorrhagic fever Ebola. In thinking … Continue reading →

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Essay. The Rocky Hill.

Posted on July 2, 2014 by healingwoman

Gettysburg reaped its harvest of death in 1863. Its lessons echo. People will die in war today, fighters and civilians. As at Gettysburg, too many battles will involve people who speak the same language, share the same religion, come from … Continue reading →

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Essay. The Days that Change Everything.

Posted on September 10, 2013 by healingwoman

Today is a Tuesday in early September, and my husband is flying to the west coast for business. Twelve years ago, the same Tuesday was September 11th, and two men who worked in his manufacturing plant, one a close friend, … Continue reading →

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Essay. Lessons from Doomsday.

Posted on August 2, 2013 by healingwoman

I wrote this essay in Fall 2010, shortly after the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States. This morning, I felt compelled to go back to these words, to reflect with the experiences and insights of … Continue reading →

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