Patricia Wild’s Blog
July 15, 2011: from Behind the Walls 3
When we [men and women in prison] read about ourselves in the paper or see ourselves on the news—individually or ...
July 14, 2011: from Behind the Walls 2
Apparently the last posting, a 3-page letter by an inmate at a Massachusetts facility, to Michael Rezendes of The Boston ...
July 4, 2011: “Mirror Logic”
One of the things I love to do on the 4th—don't know why, exactly—is to read the Declaration of Independence ...
June 29, 2011: Talkin’
Whitey Bulger's surprising, out--of-the-blue capture last week's got me thinking: I need to deepen Welling Up. Why? Because one of ...
June 20, 2011: Talkin’ Trash
Just got back from a wonderful family visit to Brooklyn where I spent sweet time with my grandson and grand-daughter ...
June 9, 2011: Can We Talk?
Went to my 45th Wheelock College reunion last weekend—an abbreviated, spend a few hours on Saturday version. Beside the fact ...
June 2, 2011:Talking about climate change
Just back from a wonderful, five-day trip to Louisville, KY and still in that never-neverland mood when the sensibilities of ...
May 11, 2011: “Red in tooth and claw”
Like thousands of others, I've been avidly watching the nesting red-tailed hawks in NYC and like thousands of others, rejoiced ...
May 6, 2011: “Stay[ing] in the room
This past weekend, I went to Muse and the Marketplace, an intensive, two-day seminar/publishing advice/opportunity to network extravaganza run by ...
May 4, 2011: Might/Tortune ≠ Right
First thought after hearing that info re Osama bin Laden's whereabouts came from "enhanced interrogation": "Oh, Lord, how long will ...
April 25, 2011: Good News—Maybe
"Where's the outrage?" Denise Provost, a Somerville state representative to the House wondered aloud recently. Good question. Brilliant, a progressive, ...
April 18, 2011: Widows’ cookies—and a jar of freeze-dried nuts
The Good News continues: Our Prison Fellowship Committee's fundraiser dinner on Friday night raised $1,200! But here's what I want ...
April 10, 2011: The widow’s “two tiny coins”
Today at Meeting, an elderly widow sheepishly handed me a $10 bill for the Cambridge Bail and Legal Defense Fund ...
March 29, 2011: “Sacrament of Pain”
Today's Good News is courtesy of Thomas R. Kelly, the Quaker writer, teacher, philosopher (1893-1941). Your response to the following ...
March 23, 2011: “What Keeps You Going?’
Went to a retreat that past weekend in southern Maine with about 30 people from my Meeting where I bayed ...
March 17, 2011: “There are no coincidences.”
My friend KT says that a lot. And, after tonight, I'm giving that more consideration. Here's what happened: I was ...
March 15, 2011: It’s Working
Today on the Green Line, a young man ignored both a very pregnant woman and a mildly aging woman (me) ...
March 11, 2011: Precious
Although I have been accused of finding good in nuclear war (for real), there's precious little to find good about ...
March 7, 2011: Let Me Not Add to the Hate
After the Supreme Court decision re the Westboro Baptist Church last week, spent some time a couple of days ago watching "The ...
March 3, 2011: One Small Thing
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. Van Gogh Today I ...
February 28, 2011: Let Go, Let. . . Hey, You
As a Patricia who wants to be called Patricia, I often have to correct people who, upon first meeting me, ...
