Patricia Wild’s Blog

With A Tender Hand*
Yesterday at meeting for worship, an elderly man struggled to stand and then spoke so quietly that almost no-one could ...
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Identity Politics
I'm old enough to remember when clothing first became a major form of advertisement, self or Calvin Klein et al ...
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God Language 2.0
Sunday, I found myself on my feet at meeting for worship to praise a "benign, loving, transformative, regenerative force" that ...
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What’s The Story?
Palm Sunday I was walking towards Friends Meeting at Cambridge (FMC) when I caught sight of a small procession outside the ...
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“Listen” by John Fox
When someone deeply listens to you it is like holding out a dented cup you’ve had since childhood and watching ...
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Least of These
Somerville High School Temporary Ramp, March, 2019 There's a wonderful cartoon depicting an elementary school entrance after a big snowstorm ...
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“She’s Everywhere!”
Sunset, Puerto Rico; March 14, 2019 Like crocuses, a conversation about the perils of perfectionism keeps popping up among my ...
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The View from Here
View From El Yunque National Forest; March 13, 2019 “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of ...
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All Around Us
Hudson River Ice, Piedmont, NY Learning how to utilize this new, spiffy site. Learning how to think and to see horizontally when, ...
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Small Thing/Great Love
Snow Squall Outside, Peace Cranes Inside Yesterday was disquieting. Morning snow squalls were quickly followed by heavy winds, so strong ...
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Room With A View
Thursday, a warm and sunny post-snowstorm day, while visiting my daughter and her family in Tarrytown, New York, I'd asked ...
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How It Ends
After listening to WellingUp.net's podcasts, my daughter questioned an important, fundamental decision: "Why did you begin the story with Rocco's ...
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Tea For Two Or More?
May I be a boring old woman who talks about her health? Thank you. Because what I'd like to say ...
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Muscle Memory
[Patsy Cline's salt and pepper collection, Patsy Cline Museum, Nashville, Tennessee] A wonderful surprise happened in 2018: I made two ...
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One Small Thing
I am delighted to report that the Friends Journal will publish my "Sweet Baby Jesus" on December 1st! And that ...
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My Public Charge Letter (First Draft)
[Information re Public Charge] To: Samantha Deshommes, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of ...
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Can We Hold All Of It?
Can we hold all of it? Can we both honor the war dead and wonder why, dear God, are we ...
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“Where To Begin?”
In the process of retrieving a much-needed toy from my granddaughter's stroller parked on my front porch, I'd stepped outside ...
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Living Into What’s Next
Recently my heroine, Elizabeth Warren, declared that we would "use our pain to make power." Transformation happens. And change ...
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