Author: Kelly (of rituals)
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The Season of Advent
Originally posted on This Vermont Life: advent–noun from the Latin adventus meaning “coming”or arrival especially of something extremely important In mountain climates like ours, we have no choice but to “prepare” for the upcoming holidays of light given that they serve as the threshold of winter–no matter what our religious affiliation (or lack thereof.) For…
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Soul of a Nation
I’m struck by these words posted by friend after friend: “I feel afraid.” These are words typed by strong, engaged, voiced women. For whom the latest atrocity was personal. Why don’t I feel afraid? “Salasin” is Russian Jew, but I was born blonde with green eyes, more like my Irish and English grandmothers than my…
Kelly Salasin 