Tomorrow a bunch of reports are due, with four artisan interviews to type up plus the report for the (busy) week. This morning, we worked on those and sent two of the interviews. Vincent also spoke to his father and brother by phone. Later we spoke to Shoshanna as she was studying in her dorm. She got accepted for winter semester in Oaxaca next year--yay! She's decided on a double major--Spanish and English. Great for her, she is so skilled in communicating!
At noon, we celebrated International Women's Day with a teleconference including Jean Houston, Marianne Williamson and Claire Zammit--what a powerhouse trio. Jean explained that the traditional feminine role is to take care of the house and the children, and that has grown to taking care of the earth and everyone's children. A turning point in human history is upon us and women are uniquely called to step up and help it be a new beginning, rather than the end of the human story. Marianne explained that we are to shine our light, not in the places where the light is already shining, but in the darkness, and urged women to get radically involved in overturning unjust structures. Claire shared her story of transformation of her life by committing to being the best person she could envision to be. Both Vincent and I were so inspired.
Now as we are coming closer to the close of our journey, we are beginning to wonder what is next. We have certainly learned a lot about ourselves and about the struggles of so many people just to stay alive. We've also come closer to the realities of being biological creatures on this beautiful and amazing planet. We're hoping the future does not hold much big-city living!
In the evening, I spoke to our daughter, Elspeth. We ended up texting back and forth because the internet connection was so intermittent it could have been called intermit. We sense the Spirit at work in our lives, though we are not tall enough to see over-shoulder what She is working on. Family, friends, a call to action and to stay connected to everything inside us and around us--these are the bones on which flesh must be put. It is a call to the earth community of compassion, connection, reflection and concerted action.
We will stay tuned.
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