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What Practice Makes

April 25, 2019 By Nancy Casey

If you do a daily mind-clearing activity, you have a practice. It could be a yoga practice, or meditation. A singing practice, a dance practice, a walking, drawing, or jump-rope practice. A daily practice. At my house, as the promise of spring shifts to the promise of summer, I make the shift into Lawn Chair Practice. The basic requirement of Lawn Chair Practice is is to … [Read more...] about What Practice Makes

Radiant Light

April 18, 2019 By Nancy Casey

The post-World War II family in which I grew up marked the months and minutes of the years with the rituals and disciplines of Irish Catholic fundamentalism. In plaid school uniforms we sang the call-and-response of morning Mass in Latin. We received the sacraments, made novenas, genuflected for the Stations of the Cross and ate fish sticks on Fridays. On the way to Saturday … [Read more...] about Radiant Light

Bark At Nonsense

April 11, 2019 By Nancy Casey

Could it be that we’re a species that can’t survive its own intelligence? We’ve invented oil spills, radioactive plumes and chemical explosions. We’ve put heavy metals in all the wrong places. We’re responsible for dying oceans, altered climate, and resource wars that leave behind whole generations of brutalized survivors. We’ve normalized the militarization of policing, … [Read more...] about Bark At Nonsense

Mankind Syndrome

April 3, 2019 By Nancy Casey

Syndrome: Some diseases and disorders resist definition. They are characterized by a shifting constellation of difficulties rather than a fixed list of symptoms. (Think: chronic fatigue.) Syndromes have an internal synergy that makes them tricky to recognize and treat. It can be hard to discern the syndrome’s causes from its effects, or to understand which effects of some of … [Read more...] about Mankind Syndrome

Rum Spirits

April 18, 2018 By Nancy Casey

In a Friday market at the crossroads called Chada on the island of LaGonave in Haiti, I stopped at the rum seller’s table. I wanted to buy some kleren, local rum, distilled sugar cane spirits. “If you want some rum, you have to buy this,” the man said, and indicated a bottle of Babincourt, the Haitian national rum, bearing an undisturbed seal on its cap. I wanted kleren, … [Read more...] about Rum Spirits

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Nancy blogs weekly for the Latah Recovery Community Center, sharing writing ideas that support self-awareness and self-esteem.


Looking for an art project that is secretly full of math? Or a math project that results in interesting art? Equilateral Triangle is an Inquiry Pack full of project ideas that will keep you thinking for a long time.


Writing classes and workshops

In-person Write-For-You workshops at the Latah Recovery Center have been suspended for a bit, but you can still do the writing prompts on your own. For more information, about the Write for You program, or if you are in recovery and interested in writing coaching, contact Nancy.


 

Let’s Talk About It

This is a program that supports reading and discussion in libraries throughout the state of Idaho.

Working with the Program Committee, I updated the theme The Humanity of Science and Technology.


 

2021-22 Let’s Talk About It Discussions

November 10 – Tuesdays with Morrie – Clearwater Memorial Library – Orofino

 

November 18 – A Home Below Hells Canyon – Boise Basin District Library – Idaho City

 

February 8 – The Girl Who Fell From the Sky – Grangeville Centennial Library – Grangeville

 

February 15 – Sweet Promised Land – Garden Valley District Library – Garden Valley

 

March 23 – Less – Coeur d’Alene Public Library – Coeur d’Alene


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