HOW I SURVIVED THE PANDEMIC, TO DATE - 05/2020 http://debraacopeland.com/blog/how-i-survived-the-pandemic-to-date-05-2020 Thu, 28 May 2020 09:46:07 EST The nation is in crisis mode.

]]> HIGHLIGHTS OF 2019 - 01/2020 http://debraacopeland.com/blog/highlights-of-2019 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:01:27 EST This blog is dedicated to The 1619 Project. 

]]> EPISTLE TO JERRY FALWELL: A WINTER HYMN - 01/2016 http://debraacopeland.com/blog/epistle-to-jerry-falwell-a-winter-hymn Sat, 04 Jan 2020 01:54:32 EST A slightly operatic rumination expressed in six acts.

 

]]> NOVEMBER AT THE POND - 11/2013 http://debraacopeland.com/blog/november-at-the-pond Thu, 02 Jan 2020 09:33:51 EST The fish have gone to sleep.

]]> OCTOBER AT THE POND - 10/2013 http://debraacopeland.com/blog/october-at-the-pond Tue, 31 Dec 2019 07:12:33 EST Since September, the fishes’ numbers have exploded. I throw out a quart of pellets and the water churns with writhing, shoving, pushing bodies vying for food. Scouts in the nether regions sense the activity. Lines move in from the east, north, and south. The pellets are usually gone by the time these latecomers arrive; they troll for crumbs. When even the crumbs are gone, the water calms. The fish swim in languid circles.

]]> KILLING ANTS - 09/2013 http://debraacopeland.com/blog/killing-ants Thu, 26 Dec 2019 08:47:44 EST September is my favorite month. I've been listening to Billie Holliday, humming and singing along to Easy Living and Tain't Nobody's Bizness and God Bless the Child while cooking apples in the kitchen. The pleasure of sniffing cool, apple-crisp air while watching the hills slip into something a little more colorful is tempered, though... ]]> AFTER 2012 - 08/2013 http://debraacopeland.com/blog/after-2012 Sat, 21 Dec 2019 08:29:04 EST Are you feeling an inexplicable impulse? An urge you can't quite put into words? Feeling some curiosity about where to go from here? If so, you might be experiencing "vocational arousal," or a "suprasexual" desire to join your genius with the genius of others as you start on a journey toward not only your, but global highest potential...

]]> FOR TRAYVON - 07/2013 http://debraacopeland.com/blog/for-trayvon Fri, 20 Dec 2019 13:16:38 EST Before the verdict in America's most recent famous trial, my plan had been to write about dogs this month. Now, though, I find myself pondering systems of law, journalism, and justice which, with apologies to canines everywhere, appear to be going to the dogs.

]]> JUNEBLOG II - 06/2013 http://debraacopeland.com/blog/juneblog-ii-6-2013 Fri, 20 Dec 2019 12:11:43 EST This month Stephen Buhner, modestly self-described "plant person," held what was reported to be (please, Stephen, say it ain’t so!) his last workshop. The workshop was entitled, “Gaia’s Mind: The Secret Teachings of Plants.” It was based on the contents of a book Buhner has coming out next year. Held in Virginia, at a 4-H camp on the banks of the clean, swift Mechums River, we convened in a log meeting house and slept in bunkhouses by the river, on slabs of thick oak, with daylight sneaking through the walls, as well as, I would learn, critters.

]]> THE NEW FEMINIST PARADIGM - 05/2013 http://debraacopeland.com/blog/the-new-feminist-paradigm Fri, 13 Dec 2019 07:42:14 EST This month I have a question for you: Do you find feminism offensive? 

]]> WHO SAYS DANDELIONS AREN'T BEAUTIFUL?- 04/2013 http://debraacopeland.com/blog/who-says-dandelions-aren-t-beautiful Thu, 12 Dec 2019 13:04:23 EST The other night I dreamed a man painted my hand purple.

]]> DECEMBER 2012 - 12/2012 http://debraacopeland.com/blog/december-2012 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:07:22 EST View on Mobile

I am like a bear in that in winter, I enjoy hibernating. Amid the fuss and flurry of the holidays, I like to spend as many evenings as possible at home, reading by the fire, and turning in early...  

]]> NOVEMBER SMORGASBORD - 11/2012 http://debraacopeland.com/blog/november-smorgasbord Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:21:44 EST This month, I offer a small buffet in honor of Thanksgiving.

]]> ON THE OLYMPICS, CHIK-FIL-A & GOLF - 08/2012 http://debraacopeland.com/blog/on-the-olympics-chik-fil-a-golf Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:03:07 EST Whoa! What about that Team USA!  Records blown out of the water and otherwise! It’s amazing what human beings are capable of! They’re calling it the Year of the Woman, and it was...

]]> ON FISH, FIREWORKS & THE OLYMPICS - 07/2012 http://debraacopeland.com/blog/on-fish-fireworks-the-olympics Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:53:12 EST View on Mobile

Ever since the US invasion of Afghanistan, I've been unable to enjoy fireworks. Say what you will, but for me the sounds of fireworks on the 4th of July conjure memories of the loud, fiery night skies of Kabul I saw via livestream news coverage in October 2001. 

 

]]> JUNEBLOG - 06/2012 http://debraacopeland.com/blog/juneblog Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:38:55 EST View on Mobile

It’s already the end of June. Not wanting to delay a minute longer, I've decided to be spontaneous and tell you briefly about my weekend. 

]]> AN INVITATION TO TEA - 05/2012 http://debraacopeland.com/blog/invitation-to-tea Fri, 06 Dec 2019 14:01:26 EST View on Mobile

What would it be like, so-called "pro-lifers" and "pro-choicers" coming to the table, sipping from delicate cups, speaking to one another with civility?

]]> THE HISTORY & DEFINITION OF WOO - 04/2012 http://debraacopeland.com/blog/the-history-definition-of-woo Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:06:39 EST Over the years, I've heard a few brief and eloquent definitions of Woo. I wish I’d written them down because now they’ve all escaped my memory. To me, Woo is the acknowledgement, celebration, and language of the Divine Feminine (which exists in both women and men). It involves witnessing and experiencing that which seems more than coincidental.

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