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The Memories Assembled on a Christmas Tree

Until I was 34 years old, I spent every Christmas at my parents’ home.  That year, 1979, I was in rural Borneo, experiencing a Kenyah Dayak Christmas, complete with American carols translated and taught by fundamentalist Christian missionaries and a … Continue reading

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Snow and Approaching Christmas

My first glance out the window this morning revealed silently falling snow.  The colors of the landscape were muted, with the sheen of white dominating everywhere.  The pines, green yesterday, were fringed in white, the greyness of the sky turning … Continue reading

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Life in the DRC – An Inspiration

Again, we watched Al-Jazeera over breakfast.  This time, there was a documentary on life in Kinshasa.  The Democratic Republic of Congo has not been a peaceful country of late; and Kinshasa is infamous—for crime, deteriorating (or non-existent) infrastructure, and poverty.  … Continue reading

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Formal religion–some thoughts

I have never been enthralled with formal religion, and my husband’s utterly rabid atheism ensures its absence from our home.  But my own beliefs include a sense of the wonder of the universe and I have some sort of vague … Continue reading

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