Subject: Join me: Firehorse Midyear Reflection with Circular Time
Join me: Firehorse Midyear Reflection with Circular Time
July 25th, 2026 at 10:00 am EDTDear Friend, Join us this coming Friday (July 31) for our Firehorse Midyear Reflection using our beloved Circular Time methodology! Back in February, I talked about how in the Chinese zodiac, the Lunar New Year beckoned in the Year of the Fire Hors ...
What the smoke reflects
July 18th, 2026 at 10:00 am EDTDear Friend, I was having a moment, a friend told me this week about something that happened during a workshop she was co-leading this past week. Someone had said something that had triggered her. “So my co-facilitator gave me the head nod, as i ...
7 short updates: Democracy Circles, Fall Courses, and Thunder
July 11th, 2026 at 10:00 am EDTDear Friend, I've been sending out a fair amount of long-form emails/essays recently, and so I wanted to take a step back from that this week and offer something shorter. 7 elements, with the last one including a vignette. 1. First, I'm so apprecia ...
America Turns 250: Heat, Coal, and the Pattern We Haven't Broken
July 4th, 2026 at 9:00 am EDTHi Friend, This past week, every time I opened the door from the air-conditioned space I was staying in and walked outside, I felt like I was walking into an oven. I was at a Gathering on the Cumberland Plateau in the Appalachian Mountains, and alo ...
Join us: Special 4th of July Circle
July 1st, 2026 at 10:00 am EDTHi Friend, This mid-week note is to remind you of two upcoming opportunities:To join us on Sat July 4th for a sharing circle about how you/we are understanding the implications of the Indigenous roots of democracy. Think of this as a cross between ...