Can Hurt Help Us See Each Other?
”Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand." — Patti Smith, singer-songwriter My mother was one of...
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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
- 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 19, 2014
- 3 min
What I Know About Ebola—Part II
"Fruit bats found throughout Africa are thought to be natural hosts for the Ebola virus. How would they infect humans? Through spicy bat...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Aug 20, 2014
- 2 min
Hummingbird Feet & A Village Girl Near Binkolo
"We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work." — Kevin Kelly, former editor/publisher Whole Earth Review A...
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
- Jul 31, 2014
- 5 min
What I Know About Ebola — Part I
"My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together." — Desmond Tutu, human rights activist & Nobel Peace Prize winner...
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
- Nov 22, 2012
- 1 min
Another Thanksgiving Day…Thank You
“I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything...
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
- 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
- Dec 31, 2011
- 1 min
New Year’s Eve — Looking Back
“There are a hundred paths through the world that are easier than loving. But, who wants easier?” – Mary Oliver, poet December Cold, but...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Sep 25, 2011
- 1 min
A Language Larger Than Words
“And this, our life . . . finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in every thing.” — Shakespeare...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Jun 29, 2011
- 2 min
Every New Day, The Best Day
“On my way home I remember only good days. / On my way home I remember all the best days. / I’m on my way home I can remember every new...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Jun 26, 2011
- 5 min
Launching
“Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.” — Don Marquis, 1878-1937, ...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Aug 15, 2010
- 1 min
Holding On
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage” — Lao Tzu, Taoist Philospher River’s...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz
- Jul 30, 2010
- 10 min
Manhattan, Accidentally
“Wherever you go, there you are.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn, professor emeritus of medicine and Zen Buddhist Leaving Brooklyn, not yet realizing...
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