That Day and How to Hold On to Others: Living Forward From 9/11
“A kindergarten boy who saw people falling in flames told his teacher that the birds were on fire. She ran with him on her shoulders out...
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Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Aug 3, 2021
- 5 min
Can you heal grief by being a perfect stranger?
"We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Mar 7, 2021
- 1 min
What You Need to Know
"True beauty is revealed only if there is a light within." — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, author of book, On Death and Dying Each day begins...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Feb 2, 2017
- 1 min
Singing to Stones
"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened." — Anatole France, French poet I haven’t told this before. The...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Nov 19, 2014
- 3 min
What I Know About Ebola—Part IV
"I have two hands: one for me, one for other people." — Millie Bobby Brown, actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador My heart is heavy. At...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Nov 2, 2014
- 1 min
Eating Chicken in the Villages
"I think dogs . . . are the role model for being alive." — Gilda Radner, actress/comedian At every mid-day meal, the dogs come around,...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Oct 1, 2014
- 1 min
Well, One Life . . .
"It's like the spiders are sharing an ancient secret with me." — Cheryl Hayashi, spider biologist Most days I fail to save anyone....
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Sep 10, 2014
- 2 min
Let Them Be Safe
"The world is a place that is so interconnected that what happens in another part of the world will impact us." — Anthony Fauci, MD,...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Sep 8, 2014
- 4 min
Arriving in Liberia
"There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” — Mahatma Gandhi A year ago today,...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Aug 17, 2014
- 2 min
The Luxury of Looking
"The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free." — Maya Angelou, poet & civil rights activist Evening, and I’m sitting...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Jan 12, 2014
- 1 min
The Sound of Light
"Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart." — Pablo Casals, Spanish-Puerto Rican cellist, composer &...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Jan 1, 2014
- 4 min
New Year's Day, Alone on Big Lagoon
“everything here / seems to need us” — Rainer Maria Rilke Paddling in fog this morning, I think, is this what Pablo entered or what he...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Feb 12, 2013
- 19 min
Splintered Hearts: The Women of Rural Ecuador—Visit Field Notes
“It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little.” — Sydney Smith, writer & cleric, 1771-1845 Driving,...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Feb 2, 2013
- 1 min
One Birthday, Remembering Another
“I just can’t comprehend Whether it is the end of the day, the end of the world, Or the mystery of mysteries in me again.” — Anna...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Dec 30, 2012
- 1 min
New Year’s Eve: What I Found in My Notebook
“If we’re not mindful, it’s not tea that we’re drinking but our own illusions and afflictions.” — Thich Nhat Hanh From my journal:...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Oct 28, 2012
- 5 min
Every Child a Caroline & Other Possibilities
“A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on.” — Carl Sandburg, poet When I first meet Caroline it’s as if looking into the...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- May 27, 2012
- 4 min
Another Memorial Day Weekend
“Your absence has gone through me Like thread through a needle Everything I do is stitched with its color." — W. S. Merwin Sundog The...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Mar 18, 2012
- 6 min
The Road to Carate
“If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-British Philosopher It...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Feb 1, 2012
- 1 min
Back Around
“Happiness is the longing for repetition.” — Milan Kundera Birthday Again Rain’s back, redwood stumps sliding further into duff. Always...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Jan 4, 2012
- 1 min
2012: Humming Along
“Poetry and Hums aren’t things which you get, they’re things which get you. And all you can do is go where they can find you.” — Winnie...
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