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Blogblast for Peace

Dona Nobis Pacem. Doing Our Part.

November 5, 2009

Rabbit was hopping along one day, when he stumbled over Hummingbird, who was lying flat on his back in the middle of the path. He had his feet sticking straight up in the air.
“Are you sick?” asked Rabbit.
“Nope,” said Hummingbird.
“Are you hurt?” Rabbit inquired.
“Nope,” said Hummingbird.
“What’s going on?” cried Rabbit. “Why are you [...]

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Dona Nobis Pacem

November 6, 2008

A Peace Tale for the Blog Blast For Peace.
[This is my version of a folk tale told in Burma and Thailand. The story can be found in the book Peace Tales, by Margaret Read MacDonald.]
In a time long ago, there lived a king who loved to hear himself talk. One day, he [...]

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Dona Nobis Pacem

June 4, 2008

Today across the blogosphere, we are blogging for peace. This song by Nanci Griffith says all I have to say, but she says it better. Click it to play, close your eyes and enjoy.
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I wish you peace.
If you stop, leave a comment and I will link you here:

Around The Island
Vixen
Communiqué by Ivanhoe
Miss Moneypenny [...]

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Tag, YOU Are “It.” Let’s Blog For Peace.

May 22, 2008

Friends, I rarely post viral memes anymore, but sometimes one just seems so right. This is one. I tag you and anyone else you know to join the Blog Blast For Peace.
Now, my friend Sandee, at Comedy Plus, reminded me that it’s almost here, and I thank her for that. You see, [...]

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Dona Nobis Pacem

November 7, 2007

“Choose
The single clenched fist lifted and ready,
Or the open hand held out and waiting.
Choose:
For we meet by one or the other.”
—Carl Sandburg
Peace is more than an absence of war, it’s an absence of malice. Let’s meet each other with open hands, shall we?

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Give Peace A Chance

June 6, 2007

“Dost bin ise azdir;
Dusman bir ise coktur.
One thousand friends are too little,
One enemy is too many.”
~Turkish Proverb
“One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.”
~Agatha Christie
“Ewaikahi ka pono i manalo.
It is well to be united in thought, that all men [...]

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Knowing the “Elephant”

June 5, 2007

I’ve been pondering peace as the Blogblast for Peace approaches. I think that war and prejudices often begin from hatred, that hatred is an offshoot of fear, and that fear is born of ignorance. I don’t mean “ignorance” as in “stupid,” but as in “not knowing.” In this day of the World Wide Web, [...]

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