Last winter, strangely, there appeared many dark bluish purple berries on a very large shrub rather lost in a foresty section of the garden, that I must confess, I had not fully researched to identify. The berries were very enticing that particular morning as they were encased in the ever so slightest of moisture, appearing […]
Posted on June 27th, 2009 by Kathryn
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Rose for Neda All day and night, music, a quiet, bright reedsong. If it fades, we fade. Rumi /Jelaluddin Balkhi I cannot be alone, dear readers, in having been deeply moved by what is happening at the moment in Iran. I was particularly touched by the unfortunate death of the beautiful young girl, Neda. This […]
Posted on June 21st, 2009 by Kathryn
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Quiet tears of joy ran down my face this morning in happy little rivulets as I opened my email from Nazir Sabir. We all have been patiently waiting for this moment for months! Prayers were uttered frequently that it would at last be so: the nearly 100 scarves we all so lovingly knitted and crocheted […]
Posted on June 13th, 2009 by Kathryn
Filed under: The Scarf Initiative | 50 Comments »
