Tag Archives: RESIST

Perspective

Posted on September 15, 2018 by Mary Beth Frezon

Met a couple who had been forced out of Syria. They had lost everything, he wasn’t able to work in his field, but even though they wished their country could be righted they were grateful to be here. I said … Continue reading →

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Hate and the Hater

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Mary Beth Frezon

This great quote from Peace Pilgrim who died this day in 1981. There is something to that old saying that hate injures the hater, not the hated. — Peace Pilgrim

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We The Peoples

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Mary Beth Frezon

From the Norman Rockwell Museum description of this piece, which was shown at the UN in 2015, part of the We the Peoples exhibit of his work. (Click image for larger view) In 1952, at the height of the cold … Continue reading →

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Keeping Up the Fight

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Mary Beth Frezon

‘Despair, or folly?’ said Gandalf. ‘It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. It is wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as … Continue reading →

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Day Seventeen, NaPoWriMo

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Mary Beth Frezon

The radio spits out news that can’t be held listening as witness, eyes opening and turning to the weirdness of snow on the seventeenth of April, snow, hail, sleet doesn’t this seem more likely than all that world stuff? Mid-April, … Continue reading →

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