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An eternity of silence

By Mary Diamond 24 December 2012children, christmas, compassion, family, gun violence, holidays, Newtown CT, season, shooting, spirit, tragedy, yule

As I stood at my kitchen counter scooping hot cookies off of the baking sheets with a metal spatula, I felt for just a moment like all was right with my world. Then I thought about Newtown, CT.

What does the captive wonder?

By Mary Diamond 5 December 2011animals, captivity, children, culture, eco-philosophy, field trip, humanity, life, Light, Lions, night, noble, Patterns, People, Places, public, wonder, zoo

Recently I got to visit the zoo with a friend and her daughter (and the boys of course). The temperature was dropping all day, and these two lions were simply laying about staring across the enclosure at the open railing when I approached the plexiglass window to the side of their stony perches.