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• Posts from the edge of...2008 virtual-osit-tea, Part II

  Sorry for the pun in the post title. I really couldn't help myself. It's a disease you see, and you could feel compassion for me if only you would... My mantra for 2009. This image, made by Dippylulu, comes from Patti Digh's site, 37 days. Master bloggers Read More... Posted Saturday, January 03, 2009 3:03 PM by Beth Patterson | 4 Comments Filed under: connections, blooming where we're planted, abundance, community-building, beauty, best of

• Best cups o' tea in the land for 2008, Part I

  There are some amazing thinkers, feelers, artists and writers on the Virtual Tea House (VTH). Here is Part 1 of the 'best of 2008' posts from each of them. (My personal posts will be in Part II.) Since this is not a popularity contest, we looked at several Read More... Posted Friday, January 02, 2009 12:35 PM by Beth Patterson | 1 Comments Filed under: abundance, blogging, writing, best of

• What every salmon knows

  This is a 2 page spread from Mark Nepo's The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life you Have What struck me about this meditation is that it is so earthy, so right where we live, so pragmatic. The salmon know how to expose Read More... Posted Sunday, December 28, 2008 5:21 PM by Beth Patterson | 2 Comments Filed under: acceptance, vulnerability, vision quest, amazement, abundance, abandonment, animal totems, brokenness, animal-human connection, beauty

• What Children Really Want for Christmas

  This post from Get Rich Slowly , December 2007. Really good, simple stuff here. Kris and I have been reading Unplug the Christmas Machine by Jo Robinson and Jean Coppock Staeheli. This book urges readers to escape the commercialism of the holiday season, Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 24, 2008 11:45 AM by Beth Patterson | 0 Comments Filed under: 7 generations, abundance, unplugging

• A poem for late autumn, not quite winter

  Home by Bruce Weigl I didn't know I was grateful for such late-autumn bent-up cornfields yellow in the after-harvest sun before the cold plow turns it all over into never. I didn't know I would enter this music that translates the world back into dirt Read More... Posted Monday, December 08, 2008 12:58 PM by Beth Patterson | 0 Comments Filed under: abundance, autumn, beauty, gifts

• How to change the world...one girl at a time

  If you're looking for a project to invest in as part of your family holiday giving , please take a moment to look over this simple, profound way to help change the world...one girl at a time. The Girl Effect Check out the YouTube video. Besides the main Read More... Posted Sunday, November 30, 2008 10:44 PM by Beth Patterson | 0 Comments Filed under: 7 generations, blessings, abundance, calling things by their right name, youtube, children

• Part 3 on giving redefined: Think it over

  'What could be worse than being born without sight? Being born with sight but no vision." --Helen Keller This the final in the series about re-thinking giving. Part 1 was about the need to have better ways for both for-profit/donors and non-profits to Read More... Posted Thursday, November 27, 2008 2:54 PM by Beth Patterson | 6 Comments Filed under: 7 generations, attachment, blessings, abundance, creativity

• Part 1 of 3: Cross-pollination is a good thing

  This is part 1 of 3 posts on re-defining giving. Cross pollination between the for-profit/donor sector and the non-profit world is not only good but increasingly vital. Part 2 will be about who is it we give to, anyway ? It will be posted November 17. Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 4:57 AM by Beth Patterson | 7 Comments Filed under: abundance, community-building

• Belgium's Bi-Annual 'Brimming with Begonias' Masterpiece, August 2008

  Every 2 years (even numbered) in August, Brussels put on a display like none other. Thousands of begonias are put into a floral displays in the Grand Place of Brussels, Thursday, August 14, 2008. The display will last for three days in an event that is Read More... Posted Sunday, November 02, 2008 5:54 PM by Beth Patterson | 1 Comments Filed under: art, abundance, beauty

• Book release: Dave Pollard's 'Finding the Sweet Spot'

  Dave Pollard has just published a new book: Finding the Sweet Spot, the Natural Entrepreneur's Guide to Responsible, Sustainable, Joyful Work. While I have not yet read this book, I read Dave's almost daily complex and thoughtful posts on his blog: How Read More... Posted Sunday, September 28, 2008 9:47 AM by Beth Patterson | 0 Comments Filed under: living more consciously, spirituality of subtraction, abundance, creativity, community-building

• The future is ours to see: crumbling like a mountain

  This post is part of a synchroblog hosted on the site Square No More . The topic for this month's synchroblog is maturity in the light of our faith. Please visit these blogs for excellent posts related to this topic: Phil Wyman asks Is Maturity Really Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 16, 2008 1:30 AM by Beth Patterson | 25 Comments Filed under: ancestors, 7 generations, courage, spirituality of subtraction, becoming more human, aging gracefully, abundance, brokenness, faith development

• Nothing left to lose

  About 13 years ago I had a dream that I will live-into for the rest of my life. In the dream, I'm part of the life of a retreat center or monastery of some sort. The center is on an island and on top of a large plateau or mountain with ocean surrounding. Read More... Posted Sunday, June 29, 2008 5:52 AM by Beth Patterson | 4 Comments Filed under: prayer, joy, ancestry, amazement, aging gracefully, abundance, calmness, compassion, laughter

• Callie Ann's scalp?

  For this, the 100th post on my blog, I want to tell all y'all a story that I've been thinking about for awhile. Callie Ann is the adult daughter of a woman I worked with a long time ago in a land far away called Florida. Now in her 40's, Callie Ann has Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 5:58 PM by Beth Patterson | 2 Comments Filed under: life-balance, becoming more human, delight, abundance, embodiment, contentment, down's syndrome

• Leaving home so she can find home anew

  Second in the series, "Hi Honey, I'm Home" as part of the 'Where's Home' contest. I had the honor of helping present Toni Ryan, Executive Director of Saving Grace (formerly COBRA: Central Oregon Battering and Rape Alliance) the 2008 Crime Victims Assistance Read More... Posted Saturday, May 24, 2008 12:55 AM by Beth Patterson | 2 Comments Filed under: becoming more human, abundance, site fidelity, hospitality, home

• Mother's Day, revisited

  Checking my NetVibes this morning, I came across a YouTube video on Conversation at the Edge , which found it at Skepchick, which found it at Feministing , and well, I guess they found it in some old advertising archive for Goodyear! At any rate, it makes Read More... Posted Sunday, May 11, 2008 3:12 AM by Beth Patterson | 0 Comments Filed under: 7 generations, becoming more human, abundance, motherhood, humus