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by Dallis Radamaker, Netherlands UU Fellowship
June 2, 2022 Thursday
As I begin writing, it is exactly 1:00 pm on an exceptionally beautiful spring day. My apartment on the third floor of an apartment block in Heemstede is flooded with light. I like to sit here at … read more.
by Martha Hicks, EUU member at large
Enough
No. It will never be enough. Never
enough wind clamoring in the trees,
sun and shadow handling each leaf, never enough clang
of my neighbor hammering,
the iron nails, relenting wood, sound waves
lapping over roofs, … read more.
by Floyd Vernon Chandler, EUU member at large
It was during one weekday morning, at Red Hill Universalist Church, when I made the discovery. It is possible to jog four–five miles around the inside of a church sanctuary while listening to Mozart. I think the year was … read more.
Below is a poem I wrote a few days ago. I’m not deluded, I doubt it will make any difference and it certainly won’t change the minds of any insane/megalomaniac leaders. But writing a poem is maybe marginally better than not doing or saying anything.
… read more.
by Martha Hicks
In the style of the former Unifier, I am offering here a theme with an article for suggested reading (like I used to do on the first page).
https://www.drshefali.com/great-confusion-giving-and-receiving/
The intention behind our giving and receiving is the most important thing. When the … read more.
by Floyd Vernon Chandler
My Mom’s favorite Methodist hymn was Maltbie Babcock’s “This Is My Father’s World.” It became my childhood favorite. Babcock, a Presbyterian minister, wrote the lyrics in 1901. The words of the hymn suggests that Nature, or the Universe, is a manifestation of … read more.
by Laura Stahnke
We all have different stories to tell. The first lockdown hit me at a particularly confusing time, less than a year after my husband died. I was just beginning to make a few good friends in my newly full time rural home. The … read more.
by Martha Hicks
Though Covid19 restrictions have loosened somewhat, and we are now able to do things we have not be able to do for more than a year and a half, it still feels like a very strange world, and we know that we have … read more.
by Derek Suchard
When the definitive narrative account of the Covid-19 pandemic is written, the modern-day Decamerone or Canterbury Tales, it will have a colourful cast of characters, depending on the author and what philosophical point xe is trying to make.
For some, prominent roles will be … read more.
by Nancy Klein
January 26, 2021
The awful, horrible, terrible time
—Dedicated to children all around the world
It was an awful, horrible, terrible time when we couldn’t say, “Let’s play!”
When we had to stay home, all alone, with no one to talk to.
How can a tiny bug keep … read more.
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