I shared this at my Unitarian Universalist Fellowship November 8, 2015. It created a robust conversation about shared responsibility, compassion and community. Opening Words: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “By our silence, by our willingness to compromise principle… by our readiness to allow arms to be purchased at will and fired at whim, […]
Re-visions and snowshoeing
This morning I made my first trek in the snow with my favorite Christmas present, a pair of LL Bean snowshoes. The light purple aluminum frames didn’t have much of a challenge in the four-inches of snow that covers the ground, and I found myself thinking about my current novel and the editing process. Vermont […]
Pigs on the beach
Pigs on the Beach By Sarah Ward, July 2007 Eighteen years ago our friendship bloomed. Her open mind and laissez faire ways so opposite to mine She pried me open with her smile, filling my empty spaces with gentle reassurance; quieting my anxieties, acknowledging my nightmares. Our hearts broke when I left Alaska, but she […]
Sarah Ward 