London: July 7, 2005

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Tuesday July 07, 2009 · 7:27 AM PDT

2009/07/07 · 07:27

During the summer of 2005, my family and I were on sabbatical in Europe. We arrived in London at the first of July--in time to walk through Hyde Park during the Live 8 Concert.

We then flew to Paris for a few days, meeting up with a friend who is a Green Party politician from Germany. Since we were only in Paris a few days, we left the majority of our luggage in storage at our London hotel.

We were scheduled to fly back to London on July 7. As we took the train to the airport in Paris, our friend text messaged us, telling us that London had been bombed.

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Saturday February 21, 2009 · 5:16 AM PST

2009/02/21 · 05:16

Until yesterday, Facebook was a source of joy. It has kept me connected to high school and college friends, as well as members of my congregation.

In my status line, twice daily I place a quote about peace. Yesterday afternoon's quote was from President Carter: "We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children."

I was not prepared for the venom.

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Tuesday December 30, 2008 · 8:46 AM PST

2008/12/30 · 08:46

As a relative newcomer to DailyKos (I joined in late summer), I found myself extremely uncomfortable at the level of venom spewing about Bristol Palin's son's birth yesterday.

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Wednesday October 15, 2008 · 6:28 AM PDT

2008/10/15 · 06:28

With the increasingly escalating calls for violence, I find myself thinking about Mahatma Gandhi. Threats of violence and violence itself will not solve our nation's problems: economic crisis, racism, classism, and an arrogance that is uniquely "American."

As Gandhi would say, "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."

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Saturday September 27, 2008 · 4:40 AM PDT

2008/09/27 · 04:40

I am the mother of two sons, a wife, and a professional woman in a male-dominated field. Everyday--at home and at work--I must be a role model: modeling power and integrity in everything I do.

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London: July 7, 2005

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