Beth Patterson

Just don’t go thinking there’s a cure

Beth Patterson — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:33:00 GMT

The photo taken by Christine Valters Paintner is the reflection of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC in the shimmering glass of an adjacent office building. I am a big fan of Christine over at Abbey of the Arts, the abbey without walls—a virtual one if you...(read more)

minding my mind (not), part 3

Beth Patterson — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:08:12 GMT

I have not been minding my mind very well since I started writing this little series 10 days or so ago. I got mad at the guy at the mortgage company who isn’t really a person, but talks like one. And when I told him that the money he’s playing...(read more)

minding my mind, part 2

Beth Patterson — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:58:00 GMT

The judgment of my judgments is enough for my habituated mind to climb aboard the hamster wheel of regrets, misdeeds and failings. There is no way of getting off this carousel this prototypical Hotel California except for re-directing, with humor, loving-kindness...(read more)

Couldn’t they have made another stone or something?

Beth Patterson — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:56:08 GMT

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minding my mind, part 1

Beth Patterson — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:57:00 GMT

Begin yet again sweetest words spoken by mother piano teacher biology professor watercolor instructor writing coach spiritual mentors. Always available The next fresh moment. Lotus Ann—10 month old and a true master of beginning yet again. Here pictured...(read more)

Lux Aurumque

Beth Patterson — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:12:10 GMT

Combining 185 voices with 243 tracks from 12 countries into a choir unlike any other. What started as a simple social media experiment, has become a poetic metaphor of our shared humanity and the power of connection. Acclaimed composer and conductor Eric...(read more)

hope looks like this

Beth Patterson — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:55:00 GMT

Meet Your Farmer - Tide Mill Farm from Pull-Start Pictures on Vimeo . (Click on the links to view the videos). Love the way these 9th generation Maine family dairy farmers are showing a way of hope—how to nurture and respect all life, run a solid business...(read more)

formal attire for congruency fluency

Beth Patterson — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 04:34:00 GMT

The things I sometimes omit from difficult dialogues could choke a fair-to-middlin’ sized bulldozer. These omissions are rarely overt. But still they plague me: Could I have been more clear? More direct? More…? I once lived in an artistic rural community...(read more)

No fixed center: it's all fringe

Beth Patterson — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:17:00 GMT

Encourage borders, outskirts, and temporary isolation where the voltage of difference can spark the new….By definition a network is one huge edge. It has no fixed center. As the network grows it holds increasing opportunities for protected backwaters...(read more)

nothing short of a miracle

Beth Patterson — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:33:00 GMT

Ochres, those naturally occurring pigments from oxidized iron are building blocks of the gods. The variant reds and yellows of the mountain and desert canyons rests our eyes and makes our hearts sing. Meanwhile, back at the ranch The shine on the oil...(read more)

A prayer for our waters

Beth Patterson — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:16:00 GMT

For those of you who pray or meditate on how to help the planet, specifically the Gulf Coast, The Council of Indigenous Grandmothers* has sent the following request (emphases mine): We ask you to cast, anchor, and hold the Net of Light steady for the...(read more)

It doesn’t get much more fun than this

Beth Patterson — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:55:00 GMT

Last summer I had the front steps fixed in my cottage, built in 1944; a new front door installed (donated from a friend’s home that was being torn down), demolished the old grass in the front yard and planted wildflowers. This year I’ve just been planting...(read more)

Stunted Being and Prometheus Unbound

Beth Patterson — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:29:00 GMT

From: The Freedom to Do Nothing — on Dave Pollard’s blog ‘how to save the world’ When you begin to get free, you will get depressed. It works like this: When you were three years old, if your parents weren’t too bad, you knew how to play spontaneously....(read more)

Fear and permission

Beth Patterson — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:18:01 GMT

The small man Builds cages for everyone He Knows. While the sage, Who has to duck his head When the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the Beautiful Rowdy Prisoners. ----Hafiz This TED talk by Chris Guillebeau is well worth...(read more)

Use it all: the carrots may thank you

Beth Patterson — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:02:00 GMT

So today I went to make carrot ginger soup for a summer solstice gathering this evening…and I found a huge bag of organic carrots in the back of the refrigerator vegetable drawer. They were hairy, if you know what I mean. I was horrified at my lack of...(read more)